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<br/><br/>DON'T TRUST HIM. IT WASN'T ME. IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN ME.<br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>In a house that creaks against the wind, Evie begins to piece together her fractured memories of the events that led her here.<br/><br/>Jim says he's keeping her safe. Evie's not sure she can trust Jim, but can she trust her own memories?<br/><br/>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.