Trust No One is a fast paced /espionage thriller .It begins with Sarah a ten year old found in a homemade sensory deprivation chamber with a cassette playing over and over again "my name is Sara Eden " a locket and a picture of a man written on the reverse it says "Don't trust this man " Why is she there ?Sara has no memory.The story goes back and forth between different time lines which I found quite confusing ,involving M15 and GCHQ ,the Military and even the Prime Minister.
This is not my usual type of book but I really enjoyed it though the ending left me hanging ! Perhaps there will be a sequel ?
Many thanks to The Publisher ,The Author and NetGalley for the review copy in return for an honest review.

An interestingly different story which is cleverly and descriptively written.

I really enjoyed it and it feels like a second book would work really well.

I love Orphan X, so I was curious about this book, but it didn't really do much for me. I could not really connect to any of the characters, and while I love thrillers, this was a bit too much over the top. There was too much shifting timeline, and I got lost quite a few times. Also, I found several grammatical and punctuation errors in the book. It is not bad, but not great either.

Not the easiest of reads with the twists and turns but one which you want to know what happens at the end and how it all turns out.
It's not my useful genre of book but did enjoy it.

In 1993 (so in my lifetime!) a ten-year-old called 'Sara Eden' was found in a home-made sensory deprivation chamber. With her is a cassette repeating 'My name is Sara Eden', a cheap locket & a picture of a man with "Do not trust him." written on the back.
Now this is my idea of absolute torture and drew me in straight away.
What develops over the first half of the novel is a convoluted narrative with twists and turns galore. At some times I did find it very difficult to keep up, but persevered because I was so insanely curious about this girl and why everybody seemed to want to get their hands on here.
This was quite a tricky read at times and I can understand that some people would be put off by this but not me! The more complex the better!
Would recommend to thriller/espionage fans of the Bourne Trilogy or Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series.

A young girl, Sara Eden is found trapped in a bath. She has no recollection of her past at all. Her only possessions are an old photograph of a man and a locket. Her fight to find answers but escape those following her leads her into a life without identity or friends. The story revolves around the intelligence services and while much of the book is extremely clever with unimaginable scenarios I found it had no flow to it. I struggled to absorb myself into the story and although sometimes there were points of extreme danger and impossible situations I couldn’t feel any empathy towards any character. The ending too was slightly lame. The writer is undoubtedly gifted and well researched but I would prefer more emphasis on a flowing story.

Sara has been brought up in care and has no memory of her origins. The security services realise they are under a concerted attack and don't know who is mounting it.
While Sara works towards finding out who she is, the attacker escalates his agression. The security forces know who Sara is and want to use her powers as a high powered intuitive.
The action is fast and gripping but is let down by the seeming extension of Sara's intuitive powers into general super-hero capability to dodge bullets and suvive helicopter crashes. In the end its just not credible except as a sort of spy story/sci-fi hybrid.

I found this hard to start and difficult to stick with. Although well-written, the context is bizarre and hard to identify with.

I found this rather slow and laborious at first and it was difficult to engage with the central character. For me not a very satisfactory psychological thriller.

A child is found in a sensory deprivation tank, with her memory wiped almost clear, knowing only that she cannot trust anyone.
This is the story of members of a family with an exceptional gift, which unscrupulous Government agents want to use for military purposes.
I was disappointed in this thriller as I do not like science fiction, comic book heroes type of stories. It was well written and may appeal to fans of such stories, but it just was not to my taste.
I would like to thank NetGalley and the publishers for providing an advance copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.

Sara does not know who she is, but she knows she has special powers. The book traces her journey to realisation. Overall it is a very enjoyable book, but the first third is vey slow and confusing, jumping from present to past. The book gets far better. Unfortunately as we do not know who Sarah is we are not given any reason to care. The ending is primed for a sequel so I wonder whether this book might have been better as a prequel when the reader cares who she is. Imagine a book about Batman's early life without knowing who Batman is. I will certainly look out for a sequel if there is one.

Brilliantly written thriller with complicated characters . Thanks to Netgalley and Penguin UK -Michael Joseph for the digital copy in exchange for my honest review ! #Netgalley #Pen-MichaelJoseph #PenguinUK
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Struggled with this book at the beginning but really enjoyed it come the end. Very different to what I would usually read but did enjoy it.

A Thriller which ratchets up the action as the novel progresses.
Post World War 2 the UK security forces attempt to harness the psychotic abilities of a mother in an attempt to create the perfect spy.
Needless to say the experiment went awry leaving the subject, her son and daughter effectively with no proper memory of their family life together. Sara (the daughter) tries to find her mother, much to the discomfort of the security services.
However, the UK faces a massive threat; from Orpheus, her brother, but can MI5, MI6, GCHQ and all the other branches of our security services persuade Sara to help them?
Her whole life has been built on mistruths and yet she is the only person who can stop Christian (Orpheus) from destroying GCHQ and a whole lot else.
After a couple of introductory chapters the novel takes off and the action starts to come thick and fast. The novel also has a scary side to it as well.
Great read and sure to be a sequel.

I’m not going to go into the plot in any detail, but Trust No One moves along at an incredible pace from start to finish. There is always something happening, and as the narrative moves around in time (more so to begin with than at the end) and is told from various character points of view, I did find it a little hard to follow at times. There is very little information given to the reader initially, and it takes quite a long time before any of the questions posed by the characters and events are answered. This does make it a little confusing at times, although after the half way mark things do start to become clearer.

Sara’s character is an interesting one. Found in a DIY sensory deprivation tank by the police and social services at the age of ten, she instantly captures the imagination. Who is she? Who did this to her? And, perhaps most importantly, why? The reader sees Sara at various points in her life, but never really gets a sense of who she really is. Given Sara’s experiences in the sensory deprivation tank listening to the same message on repeat:
"My name is Sara Eden"
I thought that this was well done by Mosawi – Sara doesn’t know who she is, and neither do we, but both learn as the novel progresses. I also liked that certain characters never refer to her by her name, and act as though she is little more than an experiment. This dehumanisation is neatly balanced by the chapters told from Sara’s perspective, which remind us of her youth, and the confusion around her circumstances.

I did have a few issues with the novel, although I expect that this is a case of the novel just not being right for me. I thought that some elements of the plot weren’t fully explained, and I still had some unanswered questions when I reached the end of last page. I also felt that some points were contradictory, although this may be down to my confusion as to what was going on at times. I think that Trust No One will appeal to those who enjoy spy thrillers but this one just wasn’t for me.

Trust No One is available now as an eBook and will be published on 23 August in paperback. Many thanks to the publisher, Michael Joseph, for the opportunity to read and review this title via Netgalley.

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Ok really sorry but I’ve his wasn’t for me.

The writing was all over the place, the chapters were disjointed - left you feeling short changed because just as you were getting some depth either the narrative changed or the chapter ended.

The main characters needed more fleshing out and it just lacked the drama that i would have wanted to keep me hooked.

Sarah had so much potential but over all it came across as too whimsical and far fetched.

Sorry

Well... I can see the author did his best. He put a lot of ideas in this book. I'm afraid it didn't work well for me though.
The main character, Sara, is sort of a superwoman, descending from a real witch. Her mother tries to brainwash her but does this in a very silly way that only works half. There are obvious good persons and bad persons in this book, although Sara can indeed trust no one.
The plot is full of holes; somewhere Sara steals a telephone, typs in some numbers and suddenly the nearest ATM starts spitting out money. How come? Why do we read about Orpheus at the start of the book and then, at the end, there is the 'big surprise' that he is Sara's brother? And why does he say that he only found out who their father was a week ago? This doesn't fit with everything that has happened during the week.
There are way too many people in the story that have almost no part in it, like a guard or a secretary. However, we get to read a whole separate story about them, so sometimes I got distracted from the main story.
And it is all so very obvious: young girl on the run for government agencies who want to use her (and her brother) to 'serve their country' in a way they themselves don't want to. The ending is weak and unfulfilling too.

I'm sorry but I hope the author will go on writing and comes up with a better book next time.

This is a great debut novel and a big thank you to Netgalley and Michael Joseph for letting me read an advance copy. Unfortunately, it wasnt what i had imagined it to be, I just couldnt get my head around it. I think it will appeal to a lot of readers though.

Overall by suspending disbelief I enjoyed reading this book. However as a doctor steeped in neurosciences I can say the basic premise is very very silly. Brain washing simply doesn't work as described and that annoyed me, and distracted me from the plot.

Sara Eden is found as a young child having been brain washed. She has amazing fight skills and computer skills but no memories of her life to this point. Sara also seems to have some form of precognition, never fully explored or explained. I didn't find Sara a believable or sympathetic character, so found it hard to care what happened to her.

The jumping around in time and point of view, and graphically described fight scenes become comprehensible once you realise the author has spent several years on the Paramount film lot; this feels like the preparation for a film script- indeed with the cliff hanger ending for a film series.

This book reminded me of "The Da Vinci Code". Not because of the subject matter nor because they shared the same author. Rather because loving the Da Vinci Code is a bit of a guilty secret of mine. Loving this book will also be a bit of a guilty secret!

This is reasonably well written though not perfect. There are a few stray ends and plot holes. Although Sara is three dimensional many of the supporting cast are a little cardboard. There is much of this which stretches belief a little far such as the psychic abilities and indeed the physical abilities! There is also more than a passing resemblance to other films and books with the Jason Bourne thrillers springing instantly to mind.

However leaving all that aside I just loved this book. It is a fast action story where there is lots going on. There are several threads - Sara today, the security forces today & the past. I enjoy several threads in a book and found them clearly defined and dated. Although there are a few plot holes & the characters could have been better in places, it just captivated me from start to finish. This book reads like a Hollywood action film and I suspect the author is hoping that it would be made into one!

I am looking forward to the sequel - the ending made it obvious there will be one. So not the greatest book ever written but it grabbed my attention & I loved it.

I received a free copy of this book via Netgalley.