Mortal Friends - Softcover

Hitchcock, Jane Stanton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061719943 ISBN 13: 9780061719943

Publisher: Harperluxe, 2009

Synopsis

“Murder, blackmail, and betrayal, all set against the glittering backdrop of Washington society.”
 —The Today Show

 

No one knows the world of high society better that New York Times bestselling author Jane Stanton Hitchcock—and no one captures its behind-the-scenes scandals and secrets better. In Mortal Friends, the Edgar® Award-nominated author of Trick of the Eye and Social Crimes offers readers a comedy of manners and murders which Barbara Goldsmith describes as a “dizzying dash through the heights of Washington society, a high velocity novel with more twists than a corkscrew.” Dominick Dunne said, “I had a great weekend with this book.” Find out how the other half live—and die—by spending some quality time with Mortal Friends.

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Review:

"Riveting murder mystery" -- Vogue

Riveting murder mystery --Vogue

"Riveting murder mystery"--Vogue

"A dazzling, wicked murder mystery that unmasks most of Washington, which may never be the same."--Bob Woodward

A dazzling, wicked murder mystery that unmasks most of Washington, which may never be the same. --Bob Woodward"

Riveting murder mystery --Vogue"

From the Back Cover:

When the latest victim of the "Beltway Basher" is found in the woods of Montrose Park, Reven Lynch's favorite jogging spot, her crime-loving antenna goes up. The murder makes Reven and her best friend, Violet Bolton, reconsider their running routine, but it also introduces her to the smooth, enigmatic Detective Gunner.

Gunner is convinced the killer is a society big shot hiding in plain sight, but is out of his element in Reven's world of embassy dinners and symphony balls. When Reven agrees to feed Gunner the inside information he needs, throwing herself into her role as the detective's "ersatz Mata Hari," she discovers that the prominent skirt-chasing businessman for whom she's fallen tops Gunner's shortlist of suspects.

During the course of the investigation, the social world will unravel, an old friendship will be put to the test, scandalous secrets will be unleashed, and Reven will discover that nothing old or new, in high culture or low life, is what it appears.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harperluxe
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0061719943
• ISBN 13: 9780061719943
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 568