Paul Cleave is the Crown Prince of antipodean crime writing. A New Zealand author who rivals the best in the world for his twisted tales of characters who have a pretty askew view of the world, his tales are quite unique and distinctive.
And TRUST NO ONE may be his best book yet. It's a fascinating, chilling, disturbing tale.
Cleave takes us deep into the confusion, anger, and frustration that Jerry feels as he's stricken by ‘the Big A’. Switching between Jerry's contemporary thoughts and his ‘Madness Journal’, TRUST NO ONE has readers as confused as Jerry. We feel for him, and we feel like him. There's a unique usage of second-person narrative in the book, amongst the switching perspectives, but Cleave is marries it all together seamlessly. Things are repetitive at times, mimic-ing what is going on in Jerry's own life and mind.
This is superb, top-notch, top-shelf thriller writing. In a sea of ‘samey’ crime stories, TRUST NO ONE should jump to the top of the TBR pile for any discerning reader who loves psychological thrillers. I'd say ‘one for fans of GONE GIRL or GIRL ON THE TRAIN’, but that would do this book a disservice. It's unique, distinctive, and brilliant.