Trust Me - Hardcover

Leonard, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 031237903X ISBN 13: 9780312379032

Publisher: Minotaur Books, 2009

Synopsis

Peter Leonard showed remarkable maturity for a first-time novelist in his debut novel Quiver. In Trust Me, he reaches for new heights as he crafts a classic noir thriller loaded with double- and triple-crosses.

The first mistake Karen Delaney made was entrusting $300,000 to her boyfriend, Samir, the head of an illegal bookmaking operation. The second was breaking up with him---because Samir holds a $300,000 grudge. A few months later, Karen sees a way to get her money back when two thieves break into her house in the middle of the night. She proposes a scheme to steal Samir’s safe, but Karen soon realizes she’s in way over her head as things begin to spin out of control.

Trust Me moves at breakneck speed through the affluent suburbs of Detroit and Chicago as Karen is pursued by O’Clair, an ex-con/ex-cop who works for Samir and wants the money for his own retirement; by Ricky, Samir’s nephew, who sees the money as a way to pay off his own escalating gambling debts; by the thieves who’ve been double-crossed; and by two ruthless hit men who view the money as their stake in the American dream.

With relentless suspense, striking characters, and plot twists that will leave you white-knuckled, Trust Me marks the continuation of a powerful new voice in crime fiction and more than delivers on the promise of Peter Leonard’s talent.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Featuring a virtuoso cast of bad guys, a disgraced ex-cop who finds himself in more trouble than he bargained for, and an anti-heroine to die for, TRUST ME is the superb sophomore novel from one of the emergent voices in crime-writing today.

“Fast, sly and full of twists.”—Carl Hiaasen

The first mistake Karen Delaney made was entrusting $300,000 to her boyfriend, Samir, the head of an illegal bookmaking operation. The second was breaking up with him—because Samir holds a $300,000 grudge. A few months later, Karen sees a way to get her money back when two thieves break into her house in the middle of the night. She proposes a scheme to steal Samir’s safe. And then things start to spin dangerously out of control...

“Action-packed, fast-paced crime novel is virtually impossible to put down.” —Lansing State Journal

Soon Karen finds herself being pursued by a ruthless cast of characters. There’s an ex-con/ex-cop who works for Samir and wants the money for his own retirement. Samir’s nephew, looking pay off his gambling debts. The house-thieves who’ve been double-crossed. And two hit men who view the cash as their stake in the American dream. Now the heat is on...and there’s no one left to trust. Karen is about to learn that some people will do anything in the name of money—at any imaginable cost.

“Peter Leonard’s second effort establishes him as a genuinely gifted storyteller.” —Booklist

About the Author:

PETER LEONARD lives in Birmingham, Michigan. His first novel, Quiver, received wide-spread critical acclaim.

About this edition

• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 031237903X
• ISBN 13: 9780312379032
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304