Betrayal is such a huge component of some stories. FInding out someone you trusted was not honest or went behind your back. It is even worse when the betrayal comes from your own family. That is one of the most surprising themes in the new book, You, Me and the Conspiracy by Emma Barry.
Both of the main characters find each other due to a betrayal of a colleague and friend. That betrayal makes the attachment of the two characters stronger. It is like the expression, the enemy of my enemy is my friend from an ancient proverb. The suggestion of making a bond due to circumstances is doable if there is a common goal and purpose.
I think that this is one of the strongest tropes to get characters together who wouldn’t naturally find each other. I had not considered this before and interestingly I think I am going to find this trope used again in The Witches of Cambridge by Alice Hoffman. This time the betrayal is so going to be family related, after all some of the story takes place during the Salem witch trials.
Elise sent in a review of Peter James’s newest book Dead in Three Two One. A police procedural book with murder, mayhem and conspiracies, definitely a thriller!
On a personal note, my oldest cat died this week. We had known about the tumor/growth for a while and knew there was no solution, but until it started to negatively affect her life, we lived with it. The last month I spent huge amounts of time just holding her to let her know she was loved. It’s a horrible thing to lose a pet.
