First published 2017
Alexandra Winslow loses her mother at seven and finds comfort in mystery books with her father. She begins crafting her own dark crime stories, displaying remarkable talent. When her father dies, fourteen-year-old Alexandra moves to a convent where the nuns nurture her writing gift. She completes a novel during college and secures an agent and publisher. Following her father's warning that men only read thrillers written by men, Alexandra publishes as Alexander Green. Her books succeed, but the deception traps her in isolation. She navigates Hollywood meetings and industry events where nobody knows her real identity. The longer she maintains this double existence, the more impossible it becomes to reveal the truth. Alexandra faces a cruel choice between literary success and authentic relationships, discovering that fame built on lies demands an ever-increasing price.
Genres: fiction, romance, literary-fiction, mystery, contemporary
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: double-life, found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Convent, Hollywood
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
336 pages · Hardcover · Delacorte Press