Social Crimes (Wheeler Large Print Book Series) - Hardcover

Hitchcock, Jane Stanton

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1587243377 ISBN 13: 9781587243370

Publisher: Wheeler Pub Inc, 2002

Synopsis

When her husband of twenty years dies under mysterious circumstances, leaving his fortune to a mysterious French countess, Jo Slater, once one of New York's leading grande dames, comes up with an ingenious scheme to seek revenge.

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Review:

"She writes with the perception of one who knows her territory well. The conversations are witty, lethal, and right on target.... It kept me up very late at night."

"This novel's got everything---passion, betrayal, money, obsession, and murder. It's the book Patricia Highsmith and Edith Wharton might have written together."

"A quintessential beach book. Readers of The Nanny Diaries will lap this up."

"Riveting...Hitchcock draws upon her intimate knowledge of the upper echelon to expose the dark secrets of a rarified society."

"Fois gras, champagne, a famous pearl necklace, and socialites at each other's throats. Great fun."

"If you combined the dark imagination of Patricia Highsmith with the social savvy of Truman Capote, the result might be Social Crimes. A gripping story, Hitchcock's wonderful new novel will keep you enthralled to the last exhilarating page."

"Hitchock's mysteries are savvy social satires and well-constructed clocks, ticking down to nail-biting climaxes."--New York Post

"Foie gras, champagne, a famous pearl necklace, and socialites at each other's throats. What more could you ask for? Great fun."--Christopher Buckley

"Thrums with wicked wit and an insider's view of court life in the Manhattan and Southampton of the twenty-first century. Hitchcock has seen it and lived it and shares all. She has a keen eye and a perfect ear."--Marie Brenner

Hitchock s mysteries are savvy social satires and well-constructed clocks, ticking down to nail-biting climaxes. --New York Post"

From the Back Cover:

When Jo Slater, one of the grandest of New York's grandes dames and great patron of the arts, befriends a young French countess against the warnings of her friends, she's asking for trouble. But by the time Jo discovers the truth about the mysterious newcomer, it's already too late. Abruptly dethroned and dispossessed--knocked from her pedestal by the treacherous young woman she took under her wing--Jo finds herself an outcast in the privileged world she once ruled.

But she's not about to surrender her throne and her fortune so easily. Reaching back into the eighteenth century, Jo concocts an elegant and ingenious scheme involving Marie Antoinette and the greatest historical swindle of all time. In order for her plan to work, however, Jo must resort to the most desperate of all measures: murder.

A compulsively readable novel that scales the heights and plumbs the depths of the New York social scene, Social Crimes also tells a riveting tale of mystery and manners, obsession and revenge.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wheeler Pub Inc
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1587243377
• ISBN 13: 9781587243370
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 500