Revenge Plot
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- Pre-Order
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- Expected Nov 10, 2026
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
A desperate writer’s pursuit of a powerful literary agent takes a dark turn in this new novel from the internationally bestselling author of The Hitchcock Hotel and Darling Rose Gold.
All Arnie Tenderton wants this Christmas—all he’s ever wanted—is to be a published author. For decades he has toiled over one novel after another. Each was missing something. Until now.
He’s finally written his perfect book.
What he needs next is a literary agent, someone who can get his book into publishers’ hands. Not just any agent will do, of course. Arnie wants the best. Arnie wants Claudia Conley.
She already rejected him once, and Arnie has never forgiven her. He could move on. Instead, he finds out where Claudia is spending the holidays: alone in a remote house in the Catskill Mountains. He decides to show up there to make his pitch.
Claudia may try to turn him down again, but this time Arnie won’t take no for an answer.
Because his book is about her.
And he’s not leaving until the story ends the way he wants.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
The road to literary success can be murder in this twisty psychological thriller. Literary agent Claudia Conley is looking forward to a quiet Christmas in a secluded Catskills treehouse when a car accident brings two unexpected guests to her door: struggling novelist Arnie Tenderton and his young son, Theo. But the crash is no accident. Arnie has tracked Claudia down because he wants her to read his latest manuscript, and he’s not about to accept rejection. As a snowstorm traps the unlikely trio together, an increasingly uncomfortable Christmas dinner takes an even more sinister turn. Stephanie Wrobel has wicked fun with the publishing industry’s bruised egos, professional rivalries, and closely guarded secrets, weaving in a mystery involving a best-selling author whose true identity nobody knows. Just when you think you’ve figured out who’s manipulating whom, another revelation turns everything upside down. Revenge Plot delivers a deliciously devious reminder that every story has more than one side—and not everyone gets to tell theirs.
