Set in the world of rich, famous and beautiful, The Scam by Evie Hunter is a revenge thriller hard to put down. I´ve spent few good eventful hours this weekend caught into the web of lies and deceit of the characters whose flaws and weaknesses are revelatory for the human nature in general.
The topic of the book is very actual and relates to many women that at least once have been probably scammed at least once while looking for love and happiness. Sky Kennedy is enjoying her life in the glamorous St. Tropez, in the company of her handsome and successful partner Karim. Suddenly though, he decides to send her back to the UK and she is desperate to understand where she was wrong and if she will ever see him again. It´s a promise of a good life that is slipped through her fingers.
On the other hand, Karim is from afar carefully observed by Ryan Callahan who is hunting him for a long time. Maybe now the right time has come to finally catch him. Is Sky a convenient trap to destroy him.
Pleasantly for my thriller mind, nothing I was thinking it will happened actually took place. The plot looks like a riddle that develops independently from the desires and ideas of the reader. The plot is the strongest part of the book, as it leads the rest of the story and shapes the characters in their everyday development. It also treats a relatively common topic those days, when women and men too can be easily get scammed in various relationships entrappement which are actually part of a well elaborated deceit aims.
For anyone looking for a crime thriller with unexpected twists from the very beginning of the story, The Scam reveals details that one may keep in mind for saving oneself from scams, any kind of sentimental scams.
Rating: 3.5 stars
Disclaimer: Book offered as part of the book tour but the opinions are, as usual, my own
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