Don't Believe It

 Don't Believe It by Charlie Donlea (2018) 342 Pages

A thrilling Who Dunnit. I don't usually like true crime-esque works, but I had a hard time putting this one down. It was written thoughtfully. 

Grace Sebold has been convicted of killing her boyfriend in St. Lucia among many of their close friends from high school. Julian, the deceased was about to propose. 10 years go by and Grace remains in prison in another country. Her last ditch effort to claim innocence is a documentarian who has had experience in 3 previous exonnerations. Sidney Ryan, the documentary filmmaker takes her case. Throughout the story, she uncovers gross negligence in the St Lucian police force who most likely wanted a nice and tidy conviction and trial to save the tourism sector of the island. But that's not all Sidney uncovers. If it wasn't Grace who killed Julian, who did? Her jealous best friend who is supposedly in love with her? Another jealous brief lover, who was getting married at the same St Lucian vacation? Or was it Grace's disabled brother who has a deep attachment to her? The documentary turns out to be the most-watched true crime show in the world. Sidney's unfortunate demise for attempting to uncover the truth is a testament to "no good deed goes unpunished".