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Linda M. (Candia, NH)
Fact or Fiction?
Paul Cleave's portrayal of Jerry Grey, a very successful crime writer, sinking into the clutches of Alzheimer's is very disturbing and extremely detailed. The reader sees firsthand Jerry's daily struggle to determine what's fact or fiction. He's positive he's a murderer, but everyone reassures him that these are just his characters, not his victims.
Paul Cleave weaves a tale of terror as Jerry fades in and out of reality. The reader will not be disappointed!
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Madeline (Florida)
What Do You Know for Sure?
This novel is both a heartbreaking, terrifying journey into dementia and a chilling mystery full of suspense and suspicions. I will definitely be reading more of this author's work.
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Mary M. (Dallas, TX)
Roller Coaster
"Trust No One" WOW - this is the best mystery/thriller I have read in a long time. The plot twists and turns in a roller coaster of a story that is impossible to put down.
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Barbara E. (Rockville, MD)
A nightmare journey into forgetfulness
This is a riveting mystery. Paul Cleave takes the reader quickly into the disintegrating mind of Jerry Grey, a mystery writer who has been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's. Jerry keeps confessing to murdering women, but everyone tells him that he's confusing reality with the characters in his novels and that he hasn't killed anyone. But Jerry's not so sure about that and the evidence that he has in fact murdered several women starts to mount. The progressive disintegration of Jerry's mind is particularly well written. You really feel as if you are experiencing the disorientation of lost time and memories along with Jerry. Jerry's plight is heartbreaking and truly frightening and the toll on his family is particularly well written. I highly recommend this fast-paced and well-written mystery.
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Portia A. (Mount Laurel, NJ)
Did he or didn't he?
Jerry Grey has early onset Alzheimer's. And he is a writer of murder mysteries. He has started to believe he is a murderer, like the characters he wrote about. Is he, or is it the disease messing with his brain? Read this well written book and you will know.
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Bill B. (Irvine, CA)
Trust No One
Trust No One
Paul Cleave has a great premise for a scary book.
A famous crime writer develops early Alzheimer's. He confesses to murders but did he really kill them or were they products of his fiction?
Now this is terrifying to those of us who have
put down our books,
got out of our chairs,
gone to the kitchen,
opened the fridge
........and then had no idea what we wanted or why we were there.
Dementia is really scary.
Cleave really does a good job building the suspense but when we start to learn more of what has been happening, the momentum slows and some of the energy disappears. That's what happens when the facts intrude.
Still this is a good, well paced, well written, interesting thriller. I think you will like it.
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Vivian H. (Winchester, VA)
DancingWith Captain A
Trust No One by Paul Cleave is a fascinating journey into the disintegrating mind of mystery writer Jerry Gray aka Henry Cutter who is diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's at 49. He decides to keep a journal of his mental deterioration so he can read about who he was as he loses himself.
At times the narrative was challenging to follow. This felt a bit like "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" meets "Psycho" with a dash of the movies "Memento" and "Away From Her".
The story was creative and engaging, keeping me wanting to know what would happen next, what was real and what was imaginary. I felt compassion for Jerry Gray, but skeptical of who he was and who he had been.
There are twists and turns that I did not figure out until the very end. Then the pieces did seem to fit together.
I was not familiar with Paul Cleave until I read Trust No One, but I will look for some of his earlier works.
