First published 2010
Denver Jones builds her legal career in Los Angeles while her high school friend Carolyn Henderson conducts a secret affair with a married senator in Washington. Their former classmate Annabelle Maestro runs an exclusive escort service in New York, serving famous clients while managing her cocaine-addicted boyfriend Frankie. The three women attended Beverly Hills High together, where they also knew Bobby Santangelo Stanislopolous, son of Lucky Santangelo and a Greek shipping magnate. Bobby now owns Mood, New York's most popular nightclub, and remains close friends with Frankie. When someone shoots Annabelle's movie star mother dead in her Beverly Hills mansion bedroom, the tragedy pulls all five friends back together. The murder investigation forces them to confront buried secrets from their shared past. Denver must balance her professional ambitions with loyalty to old friends. Carolyn risks her political career and personal safety. Annabelle faces losing everything she has built while protecting those she loves.
Genres: fiction, mystery, crime, contemporary, thriller
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family, secret-affair
Setting: Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, New York, Washington
Period: 21st-century
472 pages · Hardcover · St. Martin's Press
Content warnings: addiction, drug-use, murder, sexual-content