First published 2025
Kennedy Carter stands in her family's Martha's Vineyard mansion, preparing for her father's seventieth birthday celebration. The billionaire patriarch dies before the party begins. Media outlets swarm the story, questioning what happens next to the Carter business empire. Kennedy had planned to screen a documentary about her father at his birthday party. Now she uses her film project to dig deeper into his life. Her polished mother focuses on maintaining the family's public image. Her brother plays corporate power games as the succession battle unfolds. Kennedy wants something different. She needs to understand how her father built their fortune and what kind of man he really was. Her investigation uncovers a disturbing history. The family fractures along new lines as Kennedy learns the truth. She faces an impossible choice between preserving the Carter wealth and revealing the dark secrets behind it.
Genres: fiction, mystery, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: family-secrets, inheritance-drama, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Martha's Vineyard
Period: 21st-century
304 pages · Hardcover · Mindy's Book Studio