Believe Me: A Novel

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