I hate to say this as I'm a huge fan of this author but I just didn't really like this one compared to previous novels!

As I expected it's a great psychological thriller with shady characters and lots of layers to get through but at times I struggled with the narrative, whose version of events I was reading and when which dampened my enjoyment of the book overall.

I did find it a little predictable and did see the twist coming which took the element of surprise away but it was well executed and wrapped up at the end.

Thanks to netgalley and Bonnier Books UK for the ARC.

"When a women on the train asks Ellen to hold her baby (Mia) whilst she takes an urgent call, Ellen doesn’t expect to then watch the same women walking away from the train at the next station.
Then Ellen then finds a note: Please protect Mia. Don’t trust the police. Don’t trust anyone.
What should Ellen do next? Should Ellen put her life at risk to unravel the mystery of why Mia is danger?"

I was expecting a lot from this book, as I had heard some great reviews from friends and book club. However, I struggled with the concept of this book being told from several points of view and was confused at times about whose version of events I was reading. The book was certainly a great psychological thriller and had lots of layers and lies and shady characters to keep the reader enthralled, but I got confused at times along the way and this affected my enjoyment of the book.

Overall, an enjoyable book, and maybe one you should read again to understand it better?

A little one hugged by her mother is always a tender sight. So, when Ellen tries to help a stranger she will be involved in a race against the truth without knowing who to really trust. Are you ready?
This has been a fast paced story, Ellen has a little baby in her arms, Mia, she is not her daughter and doesn’t know why her mother left her, but she is ready to protect her no matter what until she discovers what’s really happening and why her mother told her to not trust anyone. It was not difficult to be on Ellen’s skin, afraid to trust but protective with Mia, being like a mother to her and risking her life to protect her.
I have to say that I was really interested in this story, the human touch and the pace of the events makes the reader keep turning pages without even noticing it.
I’ll admit that I suspected the truth before the ending, but this didn’t stop me enjoying the read or wanting to know how everything would end. With a human touch and a non-stop story, Trust Me is the story you need to keep you awake all night.
Do you “Trust Me”?

Trust Me is a psychological thriller with all the usual twists and turns. Ellen is not in a good place. Recently divorced, unable to have children and alone in the world. While on a train journey, a stranger asks her to hold her baby and she reluctantly agrees. Why does the stranger then get off the train at the next stop leaving Ellen with the child and a note telling her not to trust anyone?
This is an enjoyable read that is fast paced and easy to follow. It is a little far fetched, but if read with that in mind, will not disappoint.

A nice fast read full of twists. A little predictable but I did enjoy it and I can see that it would very popular.

Switch off your phone and clear your schedule because T M Logan redefines the word unputdownable yet again with his latest thriller, Trust Me.

When Ellen offered a young mother sitting opposite her on the train a couple of minutes respite by offering to look after her baby, she had just been trying to help out. – even if holding a baby in her arms is a stark reminder of the one thing she wants with all of her heart which she can never have. Ellen is enjoying cuddling the child, but she begins to get worried when after five minutes the mother hasn’t returned. When ten minutes pass, Ellen realises that something isn’t quite right – and her suspicions are proved correct when Ellen sees the mother hurrying away down the platform when the train pulls into a station without looking back. Ellen cannot shake off this feeling that something sinister is going on. Why did the young mother leave her child with a perfect stranger? What made her do something like this? Was Ellen chosen at random? Or could there have been a reason behind the mother’s decision to leave her baby with her?

As she looks through the baby’s bag for clues about the mother’s identity, she finds three desperate lines scribbled on a piece of paper that stop Ellen in her tracks. She had been about to raise the alarm and call the police, but with the note begging her to look after baby Mia and to not trust anyone especially the police, Ellen realises that if she wants to get to the bottom of this mystery, then she will have to find out the truth all by herself. Plunged into a tangled web of danger and jeopardy, Ellen realizes that baby Mia holds the key to an unspeakable crime. With nobody she can trust and nobody to turn to, Ellen needs to watch her step because uncovering this case’s twisted secrets might just end up costing her everything.

A high stakes and high octane thriller from an exceptional storyteller, Trust Me is a superbly plotted chiller with more twists and turns than a rollercoaster. T M Logan knows how to grab his readers from the off and keep them completely and utterly gripped and in Trust Me he has penned a shocking and creepy page-turner that is so engrossing and compulsive that putting this book down is simply not an option.

A first class thriller I just could not stop reading, T M Logan’s Trust Me is not to be missed.

I love the writing style of TM Logan and really enjoy the detail he gives to characters and locations. He always gets me hooked from the very beginning. Ellen is a likeable person and her Navy background means she doesn’t take any s**t from anyone which is awesome.
The ending was a bit predictable but who cares it was a great book.

Thank you to Netgalley and Bonnier Books UK for the opportunity to read an advance copy in return for my honest review.

Just a regular afternoon train journey. A woman with a baby takes the seat next to Ellen. She asks Ellen to look after baby Mia while she answers a phone call. Ellen agrees but before she knows it, she's looking out the window and sees the woman walking away. She's left Mia with Ellen.

We're lead on a twisty tale. Who is Mia? Who was the woman? Who's the guy that followed Ellen and Mia off the train?

Dragged into a dark web of lies, we follow Ellen as she tries to answer all of these questions and the further ones that pop up.

I really enjoyed this book, as I do with all of T.M Logan's novels. I think I'm still in the space of trusting nobody from Line of Duty, because I didn't trust ANYONE reading this!

Great book - really do recommend.

This is my fourth book by T.M. Logan and I loved it as much as the others I've read including, most recently, The Catch and The Holiday.

In Trust Me, Ellen Devlin is on a train journey travelling to Marylebone station, London and assists a young woman, Kathryn Clifton with a baby, even though it breaks her heart that she can't have her own child. She holds the baby while Kathryn makes an urgent call, but Kathryn doesn't come back... and she is astonished to see the woman step off the train onto the platform. About to raise the alarm, Ellen finds a note written on an A4 sheet of paper on top of the baby clothes in the white rucksack Kathryn has left, instructing her to protect baby Mia and not trust the police, or anyone. Torn between handing Mia over to the authorities or obeying the note she gets off the train, but then they are both abducted.

I absolutely adored this book; the plot was well written, it was exciting and tense, the characters were interesting, and the twists and turns marvellous, right through to the shocking conclusion. Very highly recommended.

I received a complimentary copy of this novel at my request from Bonnier Books UK/ Zaffre via NetGalley. This review is my own unbiased opinion.

Ellen Devlin, 41, a project manager for an aerospace company, is travelling home to South Greenford on the train after an appointment at a fertility clinic when she learns via Instagram that her ex-husband, Richard, is expecting a baby with his new partner. Ellen received more upsetting news at the clinic and is devastated that he’s going to be a father after they tried for a baby, with numerous cycles of IVF, for several years without success. They’ve only been separated for three months.

A woman with a young baby gets on the train – the last thing that Ellen wants to see. She ends up sitting opposite Ellen and introduces herself as Kathryn and her three-month-old baby as Mia. The baby is very sweet and smiley and Ellen can’t help but smile back.

When Kathryn’s mobile phone rings, she asks Ellen to hold Mia while she takes the call and walks to the area between the two carriages, by the doors. A few minutes later, the train stops at the small station of Seer Green and Jordans, the last stop before Marylebone, and Ellen, who is still holding baby Mia, is shocked to see Kathryn outside the train and hurrying past her window!

Ellen is confused but tries to stay calm and checks Mia’s change bag, where she discovers a hastily scrawled note, addressed to her, which says ‘Please protect Mia. Don’t trust the police. Don’t trust anyone.’ She isn’t sure what to do but, straightaway, she’s suspicious of everyone on the train!

When the train arrives at Marylebone, Ellen makes a decision that ends up embroiling her in some scary incidents! She has no idea what she’s getting herself involved in but she soon learns that no one can be trusted.

This book had some great twists and turns and I was frantically turning the pages as Ellen did one crazy thing after another and put herself in danger! She was involved to such an extent that it seemed like things could only end in an awful way.

Ellen was a great character and seemed very brave and determined, and also a bit reckless! She was pretty fearless when faced with some frightening men in very dangerous situations, but knew exactly how to handle things.

Overall, I really enjoyed this exciting and gripping read and I raced through it in a few hours, desperate to learn how everything was going to be resolved. It was cleverly plotted, with plenty of red herrings and misdirection.

The story was told from several different points of view and I was never really sure if I’d sussed things out or not, but I did guess who was the baddie towards the end!

The book had a great pace and tension to it and it kept my attention throughout, with never a dull moment. Just when you thought things were calming down, something else dramatic would happen!

T.M. Logan gets better with each book and I can’t wait to read his next one! I must also go back and read his debut, Lies, which I still haven’t read! If you haven’t read any books from this author before, I’d definitely recommend his action-packed and tense thrillers! Great stuff!

Description
Trust Me is the gripping, irresistible new novel from the UK's most exciting thriller writer. It marks Logan's first publication in hardback.
Two strangers, a child, and a split second choice that will change everything . . .
Ellen was just trying to help a stranger. That was how it started: giving a few minutes respite to a flustered young mother sitting opposite her on the train. A few minutes holding her baby while the mother makes an urgent call. The weight of the child in her arms making Ellen's heart ache for what she can never have.
Five minutes pass.
Ten.
The train pulls into a station and Ellen is stunned to see the mother hurrying away down the platform, without looking back. Leaving her baby behind. Ellen is about to raise the alarm when she discovers a note in the baby's bag, three desperate lines scrawled hastily on a piece of paper:
Please protect Mia
Don't trust the police
Don't trust anyone
Why would a mother abandon her child to a stranger? Ellen is about to discover that the baby in her arms might hold the key to an unspeakable crime. And doing the right thing might just cost her everything . . .

Review

Anything T M Logan writes i read. It is a pleasure to read a well plotted and strongly crafted crime thriller. He can be relied upon for a gripping page turner. I tore through this in a few days and liked Ellens back story leading to her attachment to the baby she is handed on the train. The developing turn of events is something of a train crash for Mias family, but one that you will need to read on to find out more.

I did speculate on the whole good cop/bad cop, and I did see that twist coming - unusual for me! That did take some element of surprise out of the ending, but i still enjoyed the novel, its premise and the well wrapped ending. The short chapters, multiple perspectives, and murder storylines all kept me going - not for the sensitive reader tho! It is a great read!

I will go back for more when his next book is released.


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3/5

On a train into London, Kathryn asks fellow passenger Ellen to look after her baby while she makes a quick phone call. However, after a few minutes, Ellen is stunned to see Kathryn walking along the platform outside, as the train pulls away. Panic-stricken, Ellen discovers a note saying 'Please protect Mia. Don't trust the police. Don't trust anyone.'

I read the opening chapters for 'Trust Me' on Readers First, and I was instantly hooked... so I immediately requested to read the full version via NetGalley. Unfortunately, I found it really hard to get into the rest of the book, and it took me ages to finally finish it!

I really enjoy Logan's writing style... I love the short chapters that always seem to end on a cliffhanger, and I enjoy reading from the different perspectives. However, I found parts of the story a little far-fetched and I was confused on the relevance of some of the characters. Although I didn't guess who the main culprit was in the end (was I even trying by this point?), I wasn't particularly shocked to discover who it was...

Overall, I was a little disappointed with this one. I preferred 'The Holiday' which I read last year. Would it stop me reading other books by T M Logan? No... in fact, I think I have them all on my TBR!

Thank you to NetGalley and Bonnier Books for an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review!

Another fantastic thriller by T.M Logan, gripping, shocking but so easy to read at the same time. I didn't see the ending coming, which was a pleasant surprise!

Thanks to Netgalley and Zaffre for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Ellen is going through a divorce after several years of failure at having a child. While she is riding home on the train she encounters a woman, Kathryn, with a young baby, Mia. Kathryn takes a phone call and asks Ellen to hold Mia for a minute and the next thing Ellen knows, Kathryn is gone, leaving Ellen with Mia. Ellen is enamored with Mia and doesn't immediately contact the police which puts her and Mia potentially in harm's way.

I liked this book. It was fast paced and I had no idea why Kathryn left Mia with Ellen and if Mia was even Kathryn's baby. I kept turning the pages wanting to know what was happening. The issue was that several people around Ellen did know what was going on, but wouldn't tell her and I found that frustrating. I thought the ending made sense, but I still had a few questions when all was said and done. All in all, I enjoyed this book as I have most of this author's other novels and look forward to the next.

The protagonist in this book is Ellen, but this book is told from multiple perspectives. Even though she is a civilian, she has seen a lot in her life, which made her brave, compassionate and very determined to solve this case. I really liked all the characters chosen for this novel, some of them were very mysterious and scary, others sweet but misleading. They all created a very thrilling, fast-paced atmosphere, that I enjoyed.

The narrative of this book was a true spiders web. There were so many questions from the first chapter, and the suspense was unbearable. 😀 I really liked Ellen’s and other character’s journeys, investigation and all the twists and turns that this book had to offer. The mystery was very well kept throughout the pages, and the author’s mind manipulations were brilliant. I was soooo confused about what agenda all the characters had, and could not wait to find out all of it. The topics discussed in this book were infertility, PTSD, shady police work, kidnapping, the social media footprint we leave, and many more. This book has a lot of violence and murder, so might not be suitable for sensitive readers.

I absolutely loved the writing style of this book. The author really knows how to keep amazing suspense and deliver great characters. The atmosphere is constantly changing, and because of that all this book is kind of “on the go”. The chapters are pretty short and the multiple perspectives kept me glued and did not allow me to put this book down. I really liked the culmination and the ending of this novel as well, it rounded up this story perfectly.

So, to conclude, I thoroughly enjoyed this fast-paced thriller, filled with mysterious and absorbing characters as well as the plot that is filled with mystery, questions and the wish to find out what is actually going on there. I know that I will be adding the other books by T.M. Logan to my TBR, and I strongly recommend this book to all thriller lovers, I think it is a very well written book indeed. I hope you will like it as much as I did! 😉

I love TM Logan’s books. The Holiday being a firm favourite; and when I was invited review his latest I just couldn’t say no!

Sitting on a train, Ellen is already in turmoil after receiving some upsetting news when a young woman, Kathryn, asks her to look after her baby, Mia, while she takes a phone call. All seems perfectly normal right? When Ellen sees Kathryn leave the train without her baby she is confused. Why would a mother leave her baby? Why has she chosen me? But she finds a note in Mia’s bag saying not to trust the police. But surely the police are there to help aren’t they? After leaving the train Ellen decides to go to the nearest police station via a coffee shop so she can feed Mia. From this point on Ellen’s day and weeks afterwards do not pan out how she expected.

It was a very easy read with the chapters being told from a different parts of the story. I much prefer this as some books have chapters that are pretty much in the same scene which can get very boring very quickly which can result in a DNF...but certainly not in this case.

A great read.

Rating: 3.5/5

Wow and wow again what a brilliantly plotted and well written piece of amazing fiction. Taping in to the basic instinct of a parent doing what they could to protect their young , even if that means trusting a total stranger is just a masterclass in fictional writing. The characters are not only totally believable in all they do, and the reasons behind their choices make them all the more human. It spoke volumes to me as a mother who would claw and fight to protect my children from all those who would hurt them how desperate Katheryn must have been. Yet i felt i would do exactly like Ellen did too if given a child to protect from harm. The tension just rolled through the book like the train Ellen was on it starting slowly and ends up going at a hundred miles an hour before you know it. A page turner that you will inhale in one sitting as leaving it alone will kill you with the suspense of what will happen to the baby Mia. This has all the hallmarks of being a top ten best seller and a definite pitch for a movie too. I enjoyed the book so much that i went on to buy others by the author as i couldn’t believe they had flown under my radar.

I was fortunate to receive a copy of this ARC from Zaffre publishing and NetGalley.

I had high hopes for this book after enjoying The Catch last year and it certainly started as a compelling read! What would you do if someone asked you to hold their baby while they took a call, but then saw them getting off the train?

I just found some of the behaviour unbelievable and some of Ellen's decisions made just didn't feel realistic. However it was still absolutely a page turner!

My favourite quote:
"Life is not fair, life is never fair. But self pity is the purest poison if you let it take hold."

⭐⭐⭐. 5/5

Pacy, thought-provoking and addictive, this is a book that I’ll be recommending to all my thriller-loving friends this summer.

Picture the scene. You’re on the train home from a medical appointment when a young woman sits opposite you, struggling with a small baby. She tells you she needs to make an urgent phone call and would you mind holding the baby for a couple of minutes. You agree. But she doesn’t come back. Inside the bag that she left on her seat, this note:

“Please protect Mia. Don’t trust the police. Don’t trust anyone”.

What do you do?? Do you hand the baby over to the first station official you see? Take her to a police station? But what if you think you’re being followed? And what about that note?

This premise is the type which I feel compelled to discuss with everyone I know. What would you actually do?! Because your gut feeling would tell you that the baby is probably in danger, and how could you live with yourself if you let something happen to her?! But then, she really isn’t your responsibility, and do you want to get yourself mixed up in what seems like a pretty perilous situation..? Dilemma!

The plot took me down paths I absolutely wasn’t expecting, never quite knowing who was trustworthy and suspicious of pretty much every character. Ellen gets herself completely entangled in Mia’s plight so it’s a pretty good job that her previous career allowed her to be somewhat prepared. Though I’m not sure when she first decided to help protect Mia that she would have even half expected for it all to culminate in THAT ENDING. Oof.

With this book T. M. Logan has confirmed himself as one of my auto-buy authors. I loved it! With thanks to Zaffre for gifting me a digital copy to review.

I predicted the twist !! Call me the new Agatha Christie

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When Ellen Devlin boards the train to London after a fertility appointment, she doesn't expect to get off the train with a baby in tow, left to her by Kathryn Clifton. She was just meant to hold the baby for a few minutes, so Kathryn could have some respite and make a phone call, but as the train pulls into a station and Kathryn gets off, Ellen is left with the baby and a desperately scribbled note asking her to protect baby Mia and not to trust the police or anyone. A baby is all Ellen has wanted, as she cannot produce her own biological child, so being forced to protect Mia means Ellen taps into her motherly instincts and will do all she can to ensure her safety. What follows is a fast-paced, gripping twisty thriller that had me hooked.

Much like T.M. Logan's other books, I really enjoyed <i> Trust Me</i> and the characters and world he creates. Ellen's quick thinking, bravery and resourcefulness make her a likeable and pragmatic protagonist, and the way she cleverly and determinedly gets herself out of suspenseful situations is intriguing and enjoyable. With plenty of red herrings and imminent threats, there is little respite for Ellen and baby Mia. Logan does well to pace the unveiling of secrets, but I do think the culprit is a tiny bit predictable - just because there's almost too much evidence given to make you think it is someone else. Despite this it was addictive to piece together the clues alongside Ellen and whilst moments can feel a tad implausible or far-fetched, ultimately this is an enjoyable exciting read which cleverly uses suspense and unreliable characters to conclude in an enigmatic thriller.