Rating: 3.2/5
I have to confess that after reading the opening chapters of "Trust Me" I was not convinced that I was going to view it particularly favourably. For this novel to work at all, it does require readers to suspend their disbelief. But, with that proviso, it does then become an entertaining thriller. It is easy to read, flows well, and the action progresses at good pace.
When Kathryn abandons a three month old baby girl to Ellen - a total stranger that she only met minutes earlier - it sets the childless Ellen on a path that she could never have anticipated and one that will turn her life upside down.
This was certainly an attention grabbing opening, but it also marks the first of quite a few unlikely and pretty far-fetched aspects of this novel. I also found the descriptive language used in the early part of the book a touch melodramatic and over the top, as the writer sought to create an atmosphere of excitement and foreboding.
Nonetheless, I decided to allow the author his dramatic licence and plough on. It is written in quite a filmic style and it is very easy to imagine this being adapted into a screenplay and brought to the television screen. There are ample twists and turns, though avid crime readers will probably work out who the culprit it well before the official big reveal.
Overall, it is a decent thriller and an enjoyable read - but I found it a bit too contrived and far-fetched to count among the better books in this genre.
I have to confess that after reading the opening chapters of "Trust Me" I was not convinced that I was going to view it particularly favourably. For this novel to work at all, it does require readers to suspend their disbelief. But, with that proviso, it does then become an entertaining thriller. It is easy to read, flows well, and the action progresses at good pace.
When Kathryn abandons a three month old baby girl to Ellen - a total stranger that she only met minutes earlier - it sets the childless Ellen on a path that she could never have anticipated and one that will turn her life upside down.
This was certainly an attention grabbing opening, but it also marks the first of quite a few unlikely and pretty far-fetched aspects of this novel. I also found the descriptive language used in the early part of the book a touch melodramatic and over the top, as the writer sought to create an atmosphere of excitement and foreboding.
Nonetheless, I decided to allow the author his dramatic licence and plough on. It is written in quite a filmic style and it is very easy to imagine this being adapted into a screenplay and brought to the television screen. There are ample twists and turns, though avid crime readers will probably work out who the culprit it well before the official big reveal.
Overall, it is a decent thriller and an enjoyable read - but I found it a bit too contrived and far-fetched to count among the better books in this genre.