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Title: She Made Me Do It

Author: Anna-Lou Weatherley

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: Bookouture

Publication Date: 12th January 2026

Rating: 5 Stars

I trusted her. I shouldn’t have…

Samantha Valentine didn’t drift into my life, she collided with it. Soon it was like we had been friends forever. She told me everything about her perfect life, but I always felt there was something she was leaving out.

Then one night, I get a frantic call from Samantha, hysterical and begging me to protect her from her boyfriend. Rushing to her house, instinct takes over and soon my heart is hammering out of my chest as I stand over the body of a man I had never met before this evening.

But by the time the police arrive, Samantha has vanished. The officers tell me that there is no record of her anywhere. The woman I thought was my friend has tricked me into killing a perfect stranger.

As the police slip the handcuffs on my wrists, I know I’ve made a terrible mistake. By protecting a woman I never really knew, I’ve destroyed my life. Who is Samantha really, and why did she make me do this? She’s taken everything from me, but she has no idea how far I will go to get the truth…

A gripping and page-turning psychological thriller absolutely packed with twists. Perfect for fans of T.M. Logan, Frieda McFadden and Daniel Hurst.

Simply unputdownable. 

I raced through this book over the course of an afternoon, only stopping to move from the buffet back to by sunbed (I was reading while on holiday), and not moving from that sunbed until a bit after sunset when I finished it. 

This was such a unique plot and I had various theories as I was reading but none were correct.  I was totally stumped and for a while I wondered if Dan Riley would be too. 

This is another truly excellent addition to this series, it can easily be read as a standalone novel 

I just know that my mouth felt like it was opening wider and wider in shock as various revelations occurred, as I really didn't guess anything right.  

Just fabulous and oh so good too! 

Thank you to Bookouture and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.