Good book. It’s quite a mystery. Not exactly my type book & it did get a bit muddled at times but glad I finished it.

I enjoyed Emma Rowley's first book - "Where the missing go" and was excited to read "You can trust me". Both kept me fully entertained and earned 4 stars.

You can trust me is about Nicky, a struggling ghost writer working on a writing a new book about social influencer Olivia. Nicky has been pretty successful as a writer because she digs deep and builds each story around some type of conflict. . Olivia is cold, poised and not giving up any old secrets. Nicky starts doing more research, a late night party happens and BAM- a twist. We then get a story from Olivia's POV, which ends with a twist And then in the final chapter when you feel good about knowing how everything ends, a final twist.

Loved it! Pure escapism fun. Thank you to #netgalley and #pinnacle for the complimentary copy for an honest review.

This is the first book I read from this author and I’ve enjoyed it very much. The characters are well developed and engaging. In the middle of the book I felt that there wasn’t too many important things going on to drive the story forward, but the end was good and thrilling. I’d recommend this book for readers that like psychological thrillers.

Emma Rowley's mystery revolving around the ghost writer Nicky Wilson had me from the first chapter. Twists and turns that I never saw coming! I couldn't put it down. I'm looking forward to recommending Emma Rowley to all of my customers.

There are two sides to every story. But who is telling the truth?

Nicky is a ghostwriter hired to write Olivia Hayes book. But the more Nicky pushes to learn the truth of who she is the more Olivia withdraws. Why is Olivia so secretive about her past? And why does Nicky seem to care so much? Who really are these women?

Overall a decent enough mystery although a bit disjointed. I honestly didnt care for the characters. None really possessed any amiable traits. I appreciated the many twists the book attempted to take, however they weren't believable and left me feeling unsatisfied.



I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review

Who can you trust? Nicky is a ghost writer writing about famous influencer Olivia Hayes,but when they meet things just don't seem right. Why is Olivia hiding her past? What happened and who caused the huge fire? Nicky starts to investigate and things begin to happen. Is Olivia guilty and of what? An engaging read that keeps you guessing until the very end.

Who can you trust when you don’t trust the truth? This is an interesting domestic thriller which starts with a best friends suicide and then her guilt over not realizing her friends despair. So much grief leads Livy to suspect murder and not suicide and is driven to discover the truth which closely resembles the recent death of her sister - are they related?

I actually skimmed a lot and went straight to the end because I was afraid this book would kill me of sheer boredom. Not just the plot is foolish, amateurish, cliche, AND far-fetched, but the writing style is ridiculously juvenile. It all reads more like a teen assignment than a published novel.

When I won this book from NetGalley I decided to give the author's previous book a try before reading this so I'd have some notion of her style and I absolutely dislike that book, pretty much for the same reasons described here so that should have been a clue…

I'd like to thank NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an ARC of this novel in exchange for my honest review.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC. I read a lot of thrillers/mysteries and liked this one. I thought the ghostwriter and influencer angles were interesting. I also liked that the book was told from both Nicky and Olivia’s points of view. I could have done without the courtroom reunion. It would have been less melodramatic if Nicky had come back in some other way. Overall, I liked this story and would read more of Rowley’s work.

I'm on the fence about this book. I really liked it, but once the twist was revealed at the end, I feel like certain things didn't make sense. It's hard to articulate exactly what I mean by that, but essentially I looked back through the first part, with Nicky as the narrator, and felt certain aspects of her perspective could have been different, in order to maximize the revelation in the end if the book. I read this book quickly, and never lost interest, so it WAS entertaining. I will recommend this one, albeit slightly hesitantly.

Edges into 3 stars. This novel is written in two parts. The first narrator is Nicky, a 30-year old single London woman who is a ghostwriter. The second is Olivia, a 30-something influencer with the perfect life. (Cue the “or does she” sound byte). Olivia has hired Nicky to write her autobiography, but doesn’t seem in the least interested to actually give any details on her life. She’s hoping the high sheen will deflect any imperfections anyone could be able to find. Nicky becomes more engrossed in the story of Olivia’s palatial home, and what happened there 25 years ago. However, someone wants to keep the past in the past (thunderous music).

This book loses stars because of a gigantic, glaring plot hole. There wasn’t a big twist, more like a question answered. With some tighter editing, it could be much better.

Overall, I enjoyed this book. It is told in three parts with the first two alternating between Nicky and Olivia's voice. There were some twists in here that I didn't see coming but I thought that perhaps there could have been more hints throughout the book, as when they were revealed it e.g. about the early years..

This book did not capture my attention, it started off too slow and once I was 25 percent through the book I had to just give up.

As a former ghostwriter, I was predisposed to liking this book. There’s a lot to like here. I particularly liked the difference in the writing styles of the two narrators, the premise, and the good insider ghostwriter gossip. The book also has a good ending and things really pick up by the last third or so.

The first half of the book, told by the ghostwriter Nicky in her own voice, was interesting but moved a little slowly. We aren’t told a lot about the mystery and there are some jump scares but no real scares or clues to the ultimate twist. In this sense, the mystery moves at about the same pace as a real-life ghostwriter’s work does when the writer slowly unravels details from the subject’s background. While realistic and interesting it’s not as suspenseful or fast moving as you’d expect from the first half of mystery/thriller.

The second half, told in Olivia’s voice, picks up the pace. Though the story is really well written, I think the character of Olivia (who I think is deliberately written to be cold and unbelievably perfect, as many influencers try to appear) had not really engaged me yet. Olivia started to interest me much more when she talked in her own voice. For that reason this book might have engaged me more if the points of view alternated, rather than saving Olivia for the last half.

I liked this author’s writing style a lot and I’d definitely read another one of her books, I also liked where the story went in the last third or so and think some hints dropped about that might have helped make this more suspenseful for me. Ultimately I think in the end, like the rest of the people in her life, I just didn’t “know” Olivia well enough. But I’d definitely be interested to see what this writer does on another subject, because she definitely has skills.

Thanks to NetGalley, the author and Kensington for the advance copy in exchange for my honest review!

Really enjoyed this twisted multi layered thriller.Drew me right bin from first pages kept me reading late into the night.Second book I’ve read by this author looking forward to more.#netgalley#kennsingtonbooks.

I struggled a lot. with this one. I wanted to like it, but found it to be very disjointed.

Part One, told from Nicky's perspective, was a very slow burn with what seemed to be a lot of clues but many of them ultimately went no where and only one (kind of sort of) hinted at the big twist.

Part Two, told from Olivia's perspective, was the complete opposite. It included a flurry of information all at once. With tons of exclamation points! All over the place! As if the author underestimated the readers ability to understand--- this was a plot twist! It was overkill! In addition to more relevant information , Olivia's part also included some pieces that seemed to go no where.

The final parts, where the perspectives alternate almost page by page where better, but pretty convoluted and went on directions that you couldn't really see coming but we're ultimately not very satisfying. The final pages just tried to do too much too quicly.

Thank to NetGalley for the advanced copy.

I enjoyed this book - twisted and fast paced. Kept my interest and
Had lots of twists. The main characters were not weak and were believable.
Would recommend and rate 3.5 stars.