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Believe Me

A Novel

A Novel

A Novel

By JP Delaney

By JP Delaney

By JP Delaney

By JP Delaney

By JP Delaney
Read by Sally Scott, Matt Reeves, Lorelei King, John Chancer and Eric Meyers

By JP Delaney
Read by Sally Scott, Matt Reeves, Lorelei King, John Chancer and Eric Meyers

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Jul 23, 2019 | ISBN 9781524799342

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Jul 24, 2018 | ISBN 9781101966327

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Jul 24, 2018 | 572 Minutes

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    About Believe Me

    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

    About Believe Me

    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

    About Believe Me

    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 compelling read . . . redefines the concept of an unreliable narrator . . . [a] rich, nuanced, highly literary take on the Gone Girl theme.”—Booklist (starred review)

    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?


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    About JP Delaney

    JP Delaney is a pseudonym for a writer who has previously written fiction under other names. Delaney is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Girl Before, which is being brought to the screen by Academy Award winners Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s… More about JP Delaney

    About JP Delaney

    JP Delaney is a pseudonym for a writer who has previously written fiction under other names. Delaney is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Girl Before, which is being brought to the screen by Academy Award winners Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s… More about JP Delaney

    About JP Delaney

    JP Delaney is a pseudonym for a writer who has previously written fiction under other names. Delaney is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Girl Before, which is being brought to the screen by Academy Award winners Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s… More about JP Delaney

    Product Details

    Category: Suspense & Thriller | Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $17.00
    Published by Ballantine Books
    Jul 23, 2019 | 368 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | ISBN 9781524799342

    Category: Suspense & Thriller | Women’s Fiction

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Ballantine Books
    Jul 24, 2018 | 368 Pages | ISBN 9781101966327

    Category: Suspense & Thriller | Women’s Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $20.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Jul 24, 2018 | 572 Minutes | ISBN 9780525633136
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    Praise

    “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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