Remember My Name – Sam Blake

If she’d turned off her phone, instead of listening in, perhaps no one would have died…

When Cressida Howard catches her entrepreneur husband playing away from home, she hires security expert Brioni O’Brien to get the evidence she needs for a speedy and financially rewarding divorce.

But what Brioni uncovers goes beyond simple infidelity. Because Laurence Howard is also in bed with some very dangerous people. Bribery and blackmail are the least of his worries as someone comes after the women in his life – someone who is out to destroy Laurence and his empire, whatever the cost.

And Cressida and her teenage daughter could soon be collateral damage, if she and Brioni don’t act fast.

 

My thanks to Anne Cater of Random Things Blog Tours for the opportunity to join this leg of the Remember My Name tour. I received a review copy from the publisher.

 

This was fun. I sat down with Remember My Name half expecting a domestic noir story about infidelity in suburbia. This was my fault – I focused on the words “playing away from home” in the blurb when the bigger clue was “security expert Brioni”. You see this story does begin with Cressida suspecting her husband of cheating on her but her husband is head of a large online platform and the couple are very successful, thank you very much.

Michael, the possibly cheating husband is spending long hours in the office and neglecting his wife and their teenage daughter. During a phone call Cressida hears Michael seemingly drinking with a woman she doesn’t know (Nina) and the pair don’t seem to be discussing business.

Cressida enlists the support of Brioni. Brioni will dig into Michael’s life and try to find evidence of infidelity so Cressida may have any evidence she needs to pursue a divorce should she need to.

Brioni finds who Nina is and her alarm bells also ring when she learns about Kate, manager of a company working within Michael’s organisation and someone Michael seems unnecessarily close to. He has been buying Cressida, Nina and Kate expensive gifts. Brioni has suspicious so she hacks the company computer system to dig deeper.

At this stage the story ramps up and Sam Blake treats readers to boardroom drama as Michael’s firm are trying to secure a huge merger with an American firm with a dubious reputation. There are attempts on the lives of some of the key characters, a body is discovered by one of Brioni’s friends and nobody seems able to trust anyone else. It’s gripping and really, really good fun to read.

My perceived domestic drama became a business/tech thriller with high stakes and near death incidents. Wonderful.

The story zips along at a great pace, characters are all fun to follow as each seem to be playing their own game within the plot and the twists and turns the plot took were hugely enjoyable. As I said earlier – this was fun.

 

Remember My Name is available in digital format, paperback and audiobook too. You can order a copy here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0997PD57Y/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0