Old Money
A Novel
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- 18,99 €
Beschreibung des Verlags
On the Fourth of July, a teenager dies at an exclusive country club. Twenty years later, her cousin returns to her hometown, seeking answers behind closed gates in this rich, atmospheric thriller for fans of Lucy Foley, Liz Moore and Ruth Ware.
Sixteen-year-old Caitlin Dale died unexpectedly on the Fourth of July. Like other affluent families of Briar’s Green, Caitlin joined hers at the country club’s annual party. They say she slipped by the pool. A tragic accident.
But her cousin Alice knows the truth.
Caitlin was murdered. And Alice saw who did it.
Twenty years later, Alice returns to her childhood hometown, seeking answers. The club where Caitlin died has barely changed. But its secrets, Alice soon discovers, are carefully hidden—and there are powerful people in Briar’s Green who would like them to stay that way.
In her deliciously dark debut novel, Kelsey Miller transports readers to a brooding enclave, one with a long history, a short fuse and a narrator determined to seek justice, at all costs.
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Miller spotlights the dark side of excessive wealth in her beguiling debut. When Alice Wiley was 11, her 16-year-old cousin Caitlin Dale died tragically during the Fourth of July weekend. Like all other privileged children in Briar's Green, N.Y., Caitlin had been celebrating at the exclusive Horseman Club. Official reports said she slipped by the pool and drowned, but Alice knows it was murder, and she knows who did it. She told the police as much, but the boy Alice accused—Patirck Yates, son of the most powerful man in Briar's Green—was never charged. Twenty years later, Alice returns to Briar's Green and accepts a lowly job at the Horseman Club for one reason: to get justice. But little has changed in her absence. The same people who closed ranks around Patrick two decades ago are determined to keep protecting him, and as Alice digs deeper, she learns her former peers may be covering for more than just Caitlin's death. Miller's intricate plot drips with opulence and subterfuge as each of her well-drawn characters fights desperately to keep their secrets hidden. Fans of Ellery Lloyd will devour this intoxicating mystery.
