Received as a BookMooch.

Roy, an octogenarian con man is looking to make one final coup. He meets septuagenarian Betty through a dating app and intends to defraud her of he life savings. But is Betty as naïve as she seems?

In some respects this a hard book to review. Roy's past is revealed bit by bit in reverse so each turn is fairly well signposted before hand yet I also really engaged with some parts of it. I quite liked the basic idea, some of the techniques used and I liked the ending even if I had worked out many aspects of it beforehand. However, I was expecting something like a Tom Ripley character, charming but ruthless, but frankly Roy just wasn't that likeable and lacked any real menace.

Ultimately I found this an engaging but flawed novel. In the end felt that it read rather more like Tessa de Loo's 'Twins' than Ms Highsmith's renowned novel. However I would still read another book by this author. Hopefully the next reader will enjoy it more. Now I'm off to see the movie.

Going out as part of a Wishlist tag thread. Enjoy!

Got it - and thanks.
I haven't seen the film (didn't even know there was one) so this will come as a fresh treat.
The concept of a story told backwards isn't new but I hope this will be well structured and I'm looking forwards to reading it.