Society Women
A Novel
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3.4 • 9 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
“Adriane Leigh never disappoints.” – Jay Crownover, New York Times bestselling author
“Addictive.” – Alessandra Torre (A.R. Torre), New York Times bestselling author
“Leigh leaves you wanting more.”—K. Bromberg, New York Times bestselling author
The USA Today bestselling author of the Influencer series delivers a riveting psychological thriller about power, betrayal, and the haunting legacy of family secrets filled with diabolical turns and shocking twists.
Some invitations are meant to be declined. . . .
Ellie works as an accountant at her father’s successful investment company in New York City. She enjoys all the comforts her privileged lifestyle affords—a two-bedroom apartment overlooking Central Park, a generous trust fund, and a devastatingly attractive if often absent husband who works long hours for her father as well. Yet the introverted young woman who wants for nothing feels aimless and untethered. Ellie lost her mother at a young age and still has nightmares about her death. She sometimes sleepwalks at night and finds herself stumbling through the days.
But Ellie’s life takes a turn when she receives an anonymous invitation in the mail, asking her to join an elite women’s club known only as “The Society.” Intrigued, she begins to attend their lavish gatherings where she meets her new close companion, Aubrey, and enjoys the benefits of belonging to the group—friendship, sisterhood, and support from other successful and glamorous women. Then Ellie makes a horrifying discovery about the society and its “philanthropic work.” The women of The Society harbor dark, dangerous secrets—secrets that may implicate Ellie’s own family.
Wickedly twisty, Society Women is a gripping story of prestige, power, and dirty secrets that will hook you with every surprising turn and leave you questioning every truth until the final, shocking end.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Leigh (Don't Trust Her) follows troubled New York City accountant Ellie Taylor as she joins a mysterious secret society in this tiresome suspense novel. At the outset, 30-something Ellie—still haunted by the loss of her mother, who died when she was a child—is dealing with bouts of sleepwalking and mysterious bruises. She receives little comfort from her workaholic husband, Jack, an attorney at her father's firm, who seems to prefer spending time with his boss to spending time with his wife. Then an ornate invitation, with Ellie's name inscribed in gold on the envelope, is hand-delivered to her office one afternoon, inviting her to a "Spring Women's Weekend" at an estate in Westchester and hosted by a group identified simply as "The Society." With no idea of what the event entails, Ellie accepts. In Westchester, she's warmly welcomed by a cabal of wealthy, well-connected businesswomen who speak proudly of their prolific charity work. Before long, however, Ellie learns that the group's good deeds involve a healthy dose of violence and revenge. Leigh's excessive plot twists swing between the predictable and the outlandish, resulting in a dull quasi-feminist thriller that's more flat-footed than frightening. There's not much here to recommend.
