Believe Me
A Novel
(Sprache: Englisch)
In this twisty psychological thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Before, an actress plays both sides of a murder investigation.
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In this twisty psychological thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Before, an actress plays both sides of a murder investigation.[A] rich, nuanced, highly literary take on the Gone Girl theme. Booklist (starred review)
Claire Wright is desperate. A British drama student in New York without a green card, she takes the only job she can get: working for a firm of divorce lawyers, posing as an easy pickup in hotel bars to entrap straying husbands. But then the game changes.
When one of her targets becomes the suspect in a murder investigation, the police ask Claire to use her acting chops to lure him into a confession. From the start, she questions the part she s being asked to play: Is Patrick Fogler a killer? Or is there more to this setup than she s being told?
Claire will soon realize she is playing the deadliest role of her life.
Praise for Believe Me
For readers who enjoyed the paranoia factor in A. J. Finn s The Woman in the Window or the unreliable narrator of Paula Hawkins s The Girl on the Train. Library Journal
Produces a bobsled run s worth of twists. Publishers Weekly
An intense, stylish psychological thriller. Good Housekeeping
A dark and haunting thriller . . . A superb evocation of conflicted emotions, this never lets you guess what s coming next. Daily Mail
I so enjoyed it what a twisty, exciting read. Sabine Durrant, author of Lie With Me
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1My friend hasn t showed yet.
That s what you d think if you saw me here, perched at the bar of this corporate-cool New York hotel, trying to make my Virgin Mary last all evening. Just another young professional waiting for her date. A little more dressy than some of the other women here, maybe. I don t look like I just came from an office.
At the other end of the bar a group of young men are drinking and joshing, punching one another on the shoulder to make their points. One good-looking, smartly dressed, athletic catches my eye. He smiles. I look away.
Soon after, a table becomes free near the back, and I take my drink over and sit at it. Where, suddenly, this little scene unfolds:
INT. DELTON HOTEL BAR, W. 44TH ST., NEW YORK NIGHT
MAN
(belligerently)
Excuse me?
Someone s standing in front of me. A businessman, about forty-five, wearing an expensive casual-cut suit that suggests he s something more than the usual executive drone, the collar lapped by hair that s just a little too long for Wall Street.
He s angry. Very angry.
ME
Yes?
MAN
That s my table. I just went to the bathroom.
He gestures at the laptop, drink, and magazine I somehow managed to miss.
MAN
That s my drink. My stuff. It was pretty clear this table s occupied.
Around us, heads are turning in our direction. But there s going to be no confrontation, no eruption of New York stress. Already I m getting to my feet, pulling my bag onto my shoulder. Defusing the drama.
ME
Sorry I hadn t realized. I ll find somewhere else.
I take a step away and look around helplessly, but the place is busy and my previous seat has gone. There is nowhere else.
Out of the corner of my eye I can sense him taking me in, running his eyes over Jess s Donna Karan jacket, the expensive one she keeps for auditions, the soft dark cashmere that sets off my pale skin and dark hair. And realizing what a stupid mistake he s making.
MAN
Wait . . . I
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guess we could share it.
He gestures at the table.
MAN
There s room for us both I was just catching up on some work.
ME
(smiling gratefully)
Oh thank you.
I put my bag back and sit down. For a while there s a silence I m careful not to break. This has to come from him.
Sure enough, when he speaks his voice has changed subtly it s huskier, thicker. Do women s voices change the same way? I should experiment with that, sometime.
MAN
Are you waiting on someone? Bet he s been held up by the snow. That s why I m staying an extra night it s chaos out at LaGuardia.
And I smile to myself, because it s actually pretty neat, the way he tries to find out if this person I m meeting is a man or a woman, and at the same time let me know he s here on his own.
ME
Guess I could be here awhile, then.
He nods at my now-empty glass.
MAN
In that case, can I get you another one of those? I m Rick, by the way.
Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world . . .
ME
Thank you, Rick. I d love a martini. And I m Claire.
RICK
Nice to meet you, Claire. And, uh, sorry about just now.
ME
No, really, it was my mistake.
I say it with such offhand nonchalance, such gratitude, that even I d be surprised to discover it s a lie.
But then, this isn t lying. This is behaving truthfully under imaginary circumstances. Which, as you ll discover, is very different.
The waitress takes
He gestures at the table.
MAN
There s room for us both I was just catching up on some work.
ME
(smiling gratefully)
Oh thank you.
I put my bag back and sit down. For a while there s a silence I m careful not to break. This has to come from him.
Sure enough, when he speaks his voice has changed subtly it s huskier, thicker. Do women s voices change the same way? I should experiment with that, sometime.
MAN
Are you waiting on someone? Bet he s been held up by the snow. That s why I m staying an extra night it s chaos out at LaGuardia.
And I smile to myself, because it s actually pretty neat, the way he tries to find out if this person I m meeting is a man or a woman, and at the same time let me know he s here on his own.
ME
Guess I could be here awhile, then.
He nods at my now-empty glass.
MAN
In that case, can I get you another one of those? I m Rick, by the way.
Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world . . .
ME
Thank you, Rick. I d love a martini. And I m Claire.
RICK
Nice to meet you, Claire. And, uh, sorry about just now.
ME
No, really, it was my mistake.
I say it with such offhand nonchalance, such gratitude, that even I d be surprised to discover it s a lie.
But then, this isn t lying. This is behaving truthfully under imaginary circumstances. Which, as you ll discover, is very different.
The waitress takes
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Autoren-Porträt von J. P. Delaney
The New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Before and Believe Me, JP Delaney has previously written fiction under other names.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: J. P. Delaney
- 2018, Internationale Ausgabe, 352 Seiten, Maße: 15,4 x 23,3 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Ballantine Books
- ISBN-10: 1524798835
- ISBN-13: 9781524798833
- Erscheinungsdatum: 18.07.2018
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
A compelling read . . . redefines the concept of an unreliable narrator . . . [a] rich, nuanced, highly literary take on the Gone Girl theme. Booklist (starred review)Fast-paced . . . A solid pick from bestselling author [JP] Delaney for readers who enjoyed the paranoia factor in A.J. Finn s The Woman in the Window or the unreliable narrator of Paula Hawkins s The Girl on the Train. The domestic thriller trend is showing no signs of slowing. Buy accordingly. Library Journal
An intense, stylish psychological thriller. Good Housekeeping
A dark and haunting thriller . . . A superb evocation of conflicted emotions, this never lets you guess what s coming next. Daily Mail
The author produces a bobsled run s worth of twists. Publishers Weekly
I so enjoyed it what a twisty, exciting read. Sabine Durrant, author of Lie With Me
Praise for JP Delaney s The Girl Before
A pitch-perfect novel of psychological suspense. Lee Child
The pages fly. USA Today
The Girl Before generates a fast pace. The New York Times
Get hooked on this hair-raiser. Cosmopolitan
[A] must-read. New York Post
Almost unbearably suspenseful. Joseph Finder
A masterfully crafted spellbinder. Booklist (starred review)
Superior psychological suspense. The Bookseller
A sexy murder mystery. InStyle
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