Believe Me von J. P. Delaney
A Novel
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Seiten / Format: 352 S
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Verlag: Penguin Random HouseBallantine Books
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN: 9781524798833
Auflage / Bände: INT
A compelling read . . . redefines the concept of an unreliable narrator . . . [a] rich, nuanced, highly literary take on theGone Girltheme.Booklist(starred review)<br><br>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<br> <br>An intense, stylish psychological thriller.Good Housekeeping<br><br>A dark and haunting thriller . . . A superb evocation of conflicted emotions, this never lets you guess what s coming next.Daily Mail<br><br>The author produces a bobsled run s worth of twists.Publishers Weekly<br> <br> I so enjoyed it what a twisty, exciting read.Sabine Durrant, author of Lie With Me<br><br>Praise for JP Delaney sThe Girl Before<br> <br>A pitch-perfect novel of psychological suspense.Lee Child<br> <br>The pages fly.USA Today<br> <br>The Girl Beforegenerates a fast pace.The New York Times<br> <br>Get hooked on this hair-raiser.Cosmopolitan<br> <br>[A] must-read.New York Post<br> <br>Almost unbearably suspenseful.Joseph Finder<br> <br>A masterfully crafted spellbinder.Booklist(starred review)<br> <br>Superior psychological suspense.The Bookseller<br> <br>A sexy murder mystery.InStyle1<br><br>My friend hasn t showed yet.<br><br>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.<br><br>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. Onegood-looking, smartly dressed, athletic catches my eye. He smiles. I look away.<br><br>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:<br><br>INT. DELTON HOTEL BAR, W. 44TH ST., NEW YORKNIGHT<br><br>MAN<br><br>(belligerently)<br><br>Excuse me?<br><br>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.<br><br>He s angry. Very angry.<br><br>ME<br><br>Yes?<br><br>MAN<br><br>That s my table. I just went to the bathroom.<br><br>He gestures at the laptop, drink, and magazine I somehow managed to miss.<br><br>MAN<br><br>That s my drink. My stuff. It was pretty clear this table s occupied.<br><br>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.<br><br>ME<br><br>SorryI hadn t realized. I ll find somewhere else.<br><br>I take a step away and look around helplessly, but the place is busy and my previous seat has gone. There is nowhere else.<br><br>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.<br><br>MAN<br><br>Wait . . . I guess we could share it.<br><br>He gestures at the table.<br><br>MAN<br><br>There s room for us bothI was just catching up on some work.<br><br>ME<br><br>(smiling gratefully)<br><br>Ohthank you.<br><br>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.<br><br>Sure enough, when he speaks his voice has changed subtlyit s huskier, thicker. Do women s voices change the same way? I should experiment with that, sometime.<br><br>MAN<br><br>Are you waiting on someone? Bet he s been held up by the snow. That s why I m staying an extra nightit s chaos out at LaGuardia.<br><br>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.<br><br>ME<br><br>Guess I could be here awhile, then.<br><br>He nods at my now-empty glass.<br><br>MAN<br><br>In that case, can I get you another one of those? I m Rick, by the way.<br><br>Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world . . .<br><br>ME<br><br>Thank you, Rick. I d love a martini. And I m Claire.<br><br>RICK<br><br>Nice to meet you, Claire. And, uh, sorry about just now.<br><br>ME<br><br>No, really, it was my mistake.<br><br>I say it with such offhand nonchalance, such gratitude, that even I d be surprised to discover it s a lie.<br><br>But then, this isn t lying. This is behaving truthfully under imaginary circumstances. Which, as you ll discover, is very different.<br><br>The waitress takesIn this twisty psychological thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Before, an actress plays both sides of a murder investigation.<br> <br>[A] rich, nuanced, highly literary take on the Gone Girl theme.Booklist (starred review)<br> <br>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. <br> <br>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?<br> <br>Claire will soon realize she is playing the deadliest role of her life. <br> <br>Praise for Believe Me<br> <br>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<br> <br>Produces a bobsled run s worth of twists. Publishers Weekly<br> <br>An intense, stylish psychological thriller.Good Housekeeping<br> <br>A dark and haunting thriller . . . A superb evocation of conflicted emotions, this never lets you guess what s coming next.Daily Mail<br> <br>I so enjoyed it what a twisty, exciting read.Sabine Durrant, author of Lie With Me1USThe New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Before and Believe Me, JP Delaney has previously written fiction under other names.
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