Summer and Leo are inseparable. Joined together by dark pasts, family that has--in one way or another--checked out of their lives for good, and the fact that in California, there's no shortage of the 1% to pickpocket when their bills come due, they spend their days traveling the open road in Summer's Land Cruiser. Part con-artists and part free spirits, the girls are more than happy roaming nightclubs and cocktail hours to relieve L.A.'s wealthiest of a bit of weight from their wallets. Together, Summer and Leo just work.
That is, until Leo sets her sights on tech billionaire Michael Forrester. When Michael convinces Leo to accompany him offshore to his own private island, Summer is of course just a few steps behind. But, when Summer arrives at the island with her own unsuspecting date, Leo has vanished into thin air, begging the question: has something terribly wrong in their latest scheme, or is Leo following the tug of wanderlust and finally going her own way?
From the very first chapter, "You Can Trust Me" is so much more than I expected it to be; in so many ways, this is more than just a con artist story. Perhaps more than anything I've read so far this year, it is made for the big screen. The story unfolds with heart-pounding suspense against the glittering backdrop of a billionaire's private island, and even as the narration flits from Summer to Leo and back again, readers are left wondering until the very end who they can trust.
For lovers of Layne Fargo's "They Never Learn" who want an action-packed thriller for this summer, look no further than "You Can Trust Me." A breeze of a read that packs a punch, I was pleasantly surprised by how much I loved it.
Rating: 4 Stars
Publication Details: Out 6/13/2023, Random House Publishing
*Huge thank you to NetGalley & the publisher for providing my review copy!*
