Believe Me by JP Delaney

Here is what it is about…

A struggling actor, a Brit in America without a green card, Claire needs work and money to survive. Then she gets both. But nothing like she expected.

Claire agrees to become a decoy for a firm of divorce lawyers. Hired to entrap straying husbands, she must catch them on tape with their seductive propositions. The rules? Never hit on the mark directly. Make it clear you’re available, but he has to proposition you, not the other way around. The firm is after evidence, not coercion. The innocent have nothing to hide.

Then the game changes.

When the wife of one of Claire’s targets is violently murdered, the cops are sure the husband is to blame. Desperate to catch him before he kills again, they enlist Claire to lure him into a confession.

Claire can do this. She’s brilliant at assuming a voice and an identity. For a woman who’s mastered the art of manipulation, how difficult could it be to tempt a killer into a trap? But who is the decoy . . . and who is the prey?

Here is what I thought…

     Miss me? Notice I’ve been gone for a while? Wonder why? MAJOR reading slump! As in nothing was working for me and unfortunately, it is books like this one that put me into this slump.  I read the premise and think “this sounds like a great thriller” and then…blech!

     This book starts out dark and twisty, which usually does not bother me, but it got to the point where it just didn’t make sense to me anymore and I loathed all of the characters.  I enjoy an unreliable narrator but only when done well and this was not.  I skimmed through until the end just to see how this was all pulled together but honestly, I did not really care and just wanted it over with.  1/5 stars

 I miss a good old fashioned thriller that I just cannot put down.  If you have any suggestions for me comment below! PLEASE!