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“A satirical look at the "beautiful, wealthy and unsatisfied.'” —People Magazine
A darkly funny, razor sharp plunge into America’s most perfect town, where privilege, sex, scandal, and murder lurk beneath a flawless veneer, from #1 New York Times bestselling author James Frey.
Behind every great fortune, lies a great crime.
- Honoré de Balzac
New Bethlehem, Connecticut. Picture-perfect lawns, manicured hedges, multi-million dollar homes. But beneath the designer yoga gear and country club memberships lies a darker reality.
In this world of excess, Devon and Belle have it all—beauty, money, status. But they want something more. Something dangerous. Something that makes them feel alive. Their solution? A party—a meticulously curated gathering of New Bethlehem’s elite, from a desperate ex-NFL quarterback to a hockey coach with a penchant for married women, and a ruthless Wall Street “closer” who wields his wealth like a weapon.
One night. Multiple betrayals. And a murder that will shatter New Bethlehem’s carefully constructed facade.
Fans of "The White Lotus" and "Big Little Lies" will be drawn into the dark underbelly of the American Dream – a world where money can buy anything, until it ruins everything.
Fair warning, this book contains:
- Betrayal
- Murder
- An ultra-elite swingers party
- Spectacularly badly-behaved rich people
Advance Praise
"Gleefully trashy page-turner set among the one percent . . .Frey is in his element here. Let the revels begin!" – Kirkus Reviews
"A satirical look at the "beautiful, wealthy and unsatisfied." – People Magazine
MY REVIEW NOTES - 5 STARS TITLED: CLEVER, ROMANCE WITH MURDER
I've never read anything like this story. It was wild !! It starts out tame enough in the beginning . But then...
It starts out with Devon and Billie's part of the story. She dated a lot of important people, movies star, son of a billionaire, a tech founder to mention a few. But she needed to marry not for love but money. Her parents were ruthless in their demand that she do so to keep THEM In the style that they were accustomed to ! Billie turned out to be an abusive, violent but sexually and financially, EXTREMELY RICH man who just kept gathering more and more wealth and more and more enemies !
Belle and her man have their backstory next which is pretty interesting. Devon and Belle are best friends and each one of them HATE Billie with a passion.
Then more people are added and there stories which at first was kind of confusing to me but as I continued it flowed. With each person's story filled in so fully and well written I was twisting in turning when it came to "Who is gonna get murdered?" I was guessing right and left and I enjoyed that mystery. And when it finally happened, what things really ramped up and the ride got wild.
I kept thinking how does this author know so much about the exotic drugs, weapons and come up with 2 phones; one named Peace and the other one named, War. So clever !
There are several shocking turn of events that I never saw coming. I loved that and was thoroughly thrilled with the ending !! I smiled for quite a while after reading this book !
UPDATE ON THE AMAZON REVIEW ABOUT THE AUDIO VERSION OF THIS BOOK:
And on the audio book, I suddenly realized how much the author used the F word ! But the narrator did a get job. And there was a surprise long interview with the author and the narrator. It was a surprisingly great interview although it became clear real quick how much the F words were actually a part of James Frey's speak patterns. Still, a great book though !
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