First published 2023
Margo Klein arrives in Los Angeles with seventeen dollars and an expired bus ticket. She answers a Craigslist job listing for a "personal archivist" to the reclusive Reese family, landing a position documenting the strange ephemera of their massive Malibu compound. What begins as simple data entry spirals into a labyrinthine investigation of the family's twisted genealogy and hidden transactions. The Reeses are not just wealthy—they're cryptically powerful, with connections that stretch across industries and continents. As Margo digs deeper, she discovers her own unexpected connection to their legacy, one that threatens to unravel her understanding of identity, class, and survival. Her survival depends on navigating a world where information is currency and secrets are deadlier than money.
Genres: suspense, mystery, contemporary, thriller
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Los Angeles, Malibu
Period: 21st-century
130 pages · Paperback · CLASH Books