The Secret Dinner

The internationally acclaimed #1 bestselling thriller, now in English. This program features multicast narration.

"This is one creepy tale of cannibalism, made palatable by terrific narrators who capture the characters and the urgency of the plot." — Kirkus

“This rollercoaster of a novel is highly imaginative and totally unique. I devoured it — no pun intended! — in one sitting. By turns gory, shocking, macabre and often very funny, you won’t be able to put it down. Just be grateful you’re not on the menu…” —Alex Michaelides #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient

Four childhood friends, eager for a taste of city life, swap rural Brazil for an apartment in Copacabana, Rio. But they have no idea of the fate that awaits them there. . . .

Dante, Piglet, Miguel, and Hugo are your average students trying to make ends meet with part-time jobs, excited about the bright futures at their fingertips. So when their rent skyrockets, they struggle to keep their new lives and big dreams afloat. They need to make money however they can. In order to keep their apartment, the friends adopt an unorthodox plan and are soon sucked into a dark world of secret dinner parties catering to the twisted fantasies of Rio’s elite.

What starts as a joke quickly spirals out of their control. As the four friends fall deeper into this dark underworld and earn more money, the stakes get higher and the consequences deadlier, revealing the devious depths that lurk within each of them and threatening not only their friendship but also their lives.

"Andre Santana, a Brazilian American voice talent, plays Dante, our first-person guide through the unfolding inferno...Andre Bellido, Bernardo De Paula, and Robb Moreira lend their voices as Dante's friends and the surrounding characters, rounding up the puppet-master's diabolical scheme." — Booklist

A Macmillan Audio production from Celadon Books