Call Me Evie
The bestselling debut thriller of 2019
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4.2 • 20 Ratings
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
WINNER OF THE NGAIO MARSH AWARD BEST FIRST NOVEL 2019
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ABIA MATT RICHELL AWARD 2020
SHORTLISTED FOR THE NGAIO MARSH AWARD BEST NOVEL 2019
LONGLISTED FOR THE NED KELLY AWARD BEST FIRST FICTION 2019
LONGLISTED FOR THE ABIA GENERAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2020
'Almost nothing will turn out as it initially appears in this devastating novel of psychological suspense.' - Publishers Weekly, starred review
DON'T TRUST HIM. IT WASN'T ME. IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN ME.
Meet Evie, a young woman held captive by a man named Jim in the isolated New Zealand beach town of Maketu. Jim says he's hiding Evie to protect her, that she did something terrible back home in Melbourne.
In a house that creaks against the wind, Evie begins to piece together her fractured memories of the events that led her here.
Jim says he's keeping her safe. Evie's not sure she can trust Jim, but can she trust her own memories?
An incredible literary thriller for readers of bestsellers such as GONE GIRL, BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP and GIRL ON THE TRAIN from an exciting new Australian voice.
Praise for CALL ME EVIE:
'a one-sitting kind of book, ideal for readers who enjoy fast-paced thrillers that keep them guessing' - Books+Publishing
'the kind of novel that inserts itself into your mind and lingers for a long while' - Kill Your Darlings
'Literary suspense as dark and fresh as midnight in winter, with a merciless twist-of-the-knife finale. One of the most striking debuts I've read in years and years.' - AJ Finn, author of THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW
'Read this one with the lights on, and keep Pomare on your radar.' - Kirkus Reviews
'Pick this one up when you have plenty of time as you're unlikely to put it down after a few pages.' - Daily Telegraph
'a tight, compulsive, beautifully written thriller with echoes of Gillian Flynn, with characters that keep you guessing and a plot that keeps you turning the page' - Christian White, author of THE NOWHERE CHILD
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A bad, bad thing has happened to 17-year-old Kate Bennet, the narrator of Australian author Pomare's outstanding debut, with even worse looming. Feisty Kate, who's from Melbourne, is trying to flee from a controlling older man she calls Jim, who is keeping her a virtual prisoner in a rural New Zealand hideout, ostensibly for her own good which is also why he claims he's shaving her head as a disguise and insisting she go by the new name of Evie. It's clear the pair's on the run, but from whom? And why? As Kate starts to spin her story, shifting between before she fell into Jim's clutches and afterward, she tries to piece together what happened that traumatic night and figure out the true nature of Jim's game and how she can finally escape. Although Pomare cheats a little toward the end, introducing two new voices to reveal what Kate can't or won't, the final pages stun with their gallows-drop plot surprises. Almost nothing will turn out as it initially appears in this devastating novel of psychological suspense.
