Trust Me, I'm Trouble
Staying out of trouble isn't possible for Julep Dupree. She has managed not to get kicked out of her private school, even though everyone knows she's responsible for taking down a human-trafficking mob boss – and getting St. Agatha's golden-boy Tyler killed in the process. Running cons holds her guilty conscience at bay, but unfortunately, someone wants Julep to pay for her mistakes… with her life.
Against her better judgment, Julep takes a shady case that requires her to infiltrate a secretive organisation, one that may be connected to her long-gone mother and the enigmatic figure called the blue fairy. Her best friend, Sam, isn't around to stop her, and Dani, her one true confidante, happens to be a nineteen-year-old mob enforcer whose moral compass is as questionable as Julep's. But there's not much time to worry about right and wrong – or to save your falling heart – when there's a contract on your head.
Murders, heists, secrets and lies, hit men and hidden identities… If Julep doesn't watch her back, it's her funeral. No lie.
About the Trust Me Series
Books in series order
- 1.Trust Me, I'm Lying(2014)
- 2.Trust Me, I'm Trouble(2015)
- +Burden of Proof (Trust Me novella)(2024)
- +Down to the Liar (Trust Me novella)(2015)
- +Line of Fire (Trust Me novella)(2024)
- +Out of Sight (Trust Me novella)(2024)
Reading age: 13+ years
This series should be read in order.
Teen con-artist and master of disguise, Julep Dupree, tells lies. A lot of them. Her father is an old-school grifter with a weakness for the ponies who sends his daughter to a swanky private school so she can learn to mingle with the upper crust. But for extra spending money Julep doesn’t rely on her dad – she runs petty scams for her classmates while dodging the dean of students and maintaining an A+ (okay, A-) average.
Julep has it under control, until she returns home one afternoon to discover the place ransacked and her father missing. Have his criminal ways caught up with him? Julep will have to use every trick in her book to get to the bottom of this nasty business...
Fans of Ally Carter, especially her Heist Society readers, will love this teen mystery/thriller with sarcastic wit, a hint of romance, and Ocean’s Eleven-inspired action.

