Jane is an unassuming, pretty, loyal woman who works at an insurance company in Minneapolis. Her meekness and insecurity makes her stand out to her manager, Steven Hepsworth, who quickly pursues her.
Too bad for Steven that Jane isn't who she says she is. She's revealed her real first name, but that's the only 'real' thing about her. It wasn't an accident that Jane works in a low-level entry position under Steven.
Jane is actually a high-flying attorney in Kuala Lumpur, but she has come back to Minneapolis for one reason. Revenge.
Jane's best friend, Meg, killed herself. What's the connection? Steven. Meg had previously been dating Steven in an on-off relationship for years. He was the classic hot and cold - he could be warm and generous one minute, then cruel and cold the next. For years, he whittled away at Meg's self-esteem until she could see no other way out.
And Jane will not accept that. So, she plays the long game, slowly letting herself be pursued by Steven, getting in with his family and his church, until she knows exactly what she can do to destroy his life like he did to her best friend's.
This book is definitely a page-turner. Each page brings some new point of dramatic tension or fresh new idea, and it's interesting to see Jane's frankness to the reader as a self-confessed sociopath feed into everything she's doing. She confesses that Meg is the only person who ever made her feel close to real, and the weight of grief and sorrow (not normal for her) that she felt when Meg passed away made her feel vengeful as hell.
There is some light relief, however, presented in Luke. Luke is an old boyfriend of Jane's from college, who quickly identifies her despite the dramatic change in her appearance. He provides the new normality in Jane's otherwise double life (although she obviously doesn't tell him what she's doing).
I would recommend this book for anyone who is a fan of Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl), Paula Hawkins, (The Girl On The Train), and Sophie Hannah.
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