Nobody Believes Me [Mass Market Paperback]

Molly Katz (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 1995

Even if Lynn Marchette hadn't been looking for love, the devastatingly handsome Greg Alter would be hard to resist. And she doesn't. She abandons herself to the passion that Greg stirs in her. And tries to ignore the little doubts, the fleeting chill, the subtle fear that he arouses...Are his overtures aggressive? Are his gifts double-edged? Are his sexy whispers threatening? "But he talked like that from the start," insists Lynn's best friend. "You enjoyed it. You told me." Lynn begins to feel suffocated. And disturbed. She's got to stand up for herself. She breaks it off.... But Greg won't take no for an answer. "The man wants to see you again, so he keeps calling," reasons Lynn's brother. She almost believes him. Until a life-threatening letter from Greg--written in her own hand--shatters the remnants of her self-possession. Now everyone even the police, begins to doubt her. And Lynn must face the soul-shaking truth: "nobody believes me..."

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Greg Alter, the love interest in Katz's formulaic first novel, seems too good to be true. He's gallant, handsome, generous and a sexually adventurous lover to boot. Not surprisingly, Boston TV talk-show host Lynn Marchette can't believe her luck in attracting such a good man just when everything else in her life is also going her way. Her program is under consideration for national syndication, and she's feeling and looking better than ever. So, naturally, trouble comes hurtling into her life with the force of a speeding bowling ball, threatening to knock down her dreams one by one. The problem is that Katz's approach is so heavy-handed that Greg and much else in this Perils of Pauline -like psycho-thriller turns out to be too bad to be true, leaching the plot and characters of believability. While it takes Lynn a while to figure out that Greg is really a Date from Hell, most readers will clue in a lot faster, and will find Greg's campaign to harass and humiliate Lynn lacking in suspense, psychological edge and engagement. Even when Lynn's friends dismiss her complaints about Greg and question her sanity, the effect is to create not Gaslight -style suspicion about the heroine's state of mind but only the belief that she needs new friends. The irony is that Lynn herself is a well-wrought character, skillfully depicted as she's caught in a downward spiral of doubt, insecurity, self-hatred and shame. It's only too bad that she's also caught in such an implausible story.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

From Library Journal

Lynn Marchette's life is glorious. Her Boston television talk show is being considered for national syndication, and while interviewing in L.A. she meets the perfect man, Greg Alter. He's handsome, suave, thoughtful, and just wonderful. But Greg pressures Lynn to do things she doesn't want to do-get a tattoo, wear crotchless panties, have sex in semipublic places-so she tries to end the relationship. But Greg won't stop; he begins a series of secret attacks on her character, her career, and even her life. Lynn suffers not only Greg's torments but also the doubts of her friends and the police, who can't believe that this great guy could be guilty of anything. Much like Ronald Munson's Fan Mail (Dutton, 1993), this first novel bristles with suspense as it tells the tale of a beautiful woman in the public eye who has attracted the wrong kind of admirer. Recommended for public libraries.
Rebecca House Stankowski, Purdue Univ. Calumet Lib., Hammond, Ind.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: Fawcett (August 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345384997
• ISBN-13: 978-0345384997
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,663,386 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Molly Katz is a native Neyawka, as if you couldn't tell. A former stand-up comedian, she is the author of the humor best-seller Jewish as a Second Language, as well as the psychological thrillers Nobody Believes Me; Love, Honour, and Kill; No One Saw Anything; and Presumed Guilty. Her best-selling fiction is published in over 20 countries. She has also written seven humorous romance novels.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Nobody Beleives Me" - It made me wonder. . . It kept me up., June 20, 1998

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Peter A. Brandenberg (Mount Kisco, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nobody Believes Me (Mass Market Paperback)

Molly Katz is a very talented woman. She has written some extremely funny books as well as romance novels - then this great novel. I read it and felt the fear that this kind of experience can really happen, and what do you do when you are in the center of the experience of being stalked. The author aparantly had a true experience that gave her the ability to write this fantastic novel, or was it true? Only the author knows for sure.

I met the author many years ago, and had to read her books. She is extremely talented and I hope she writes another great book like this one very soon.

I love a book, that makes me feel that I am there, like a good movie when you can see and feel the charachter's expressions - and their fear and anger, as I did when I read Nobody Beleives Me.

It is a great story, and I hope everyone beleives me.

Molly - keep on writing, and I'll keep on reading.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Believe it!, January 12, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Nobody Believes Me (Mass Market Paperback)

This book was far ahead of it's time when it was written and, unfortunately, is still beyond what some will accept. It accurately describes an abusive/controlling relationship and the fear instilled by a stalker. This is a helpful story for those in an abusive/controlling relationship and for those around them. Read it and believe it.