First published 2024
Crissy Dowling spends her days poolside at the Buckingham Palace Casino and her nights performing as Princess Diana for devoted fans. She speaks with a British accent, maintains Diana's signature hairstyle, and relies on Adderall and Valium to get through each day. Her Senator boyfriend has returned to his wife, but Crissy has built a life that works for her in this aging Las Vegas casino. Then her estranged sister Betsy arrives with a new boyfriend and teenage daughter just as casino owner Richie Morley is brutally killed. Crissy's stable world begins falling apart around her. The murder pulls her into a web of organized crime and cryptocurrency schemes that threatens everything she has constructed. As danger closes in, Crissy must navigate between her carefully maintained fantasy and a reality filled with high tech criminals who will kill to protect their secrets.
Genres: suspense, crime, contemporary, mystery-thriller
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: deception, high-stakes
Setting: Las Vegas, Buckingham Palace Casino
Period: contemporary
544 pages · Paperback · Random House Large Print
Content warnings: drug-use, violence