Young Rich Widows
A Novel
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3.3 • 7 Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
"An 80s romp with big hair and even bigger secrets! Grab your popcorn and settle in for this incredibly fun and twisty read." — Jeneva Rose, New York Times bestselling author of You Shouldn't Have Come Here
1985, Rhode Island.
A private jet carrying four partners of a Providence law firm crashes outside New York City, killing all aboard but leaving behind more questions than answers and setting the stage for four widows to find the truth.
Justine: a former fashion model adjusting to suburban life
Camille: a beautiful, young second wife whom some suspect is a gold digger
Meredith: a stripper who was in a relationship with the firm’s only female partner
Krystle: a founding partner’s wife committed to the firm being a legacy for her sons
While the crash is initially ruled a tragic accident, something’s not adding up: the team wasn’t supposed to be in New York that day, and it’s soon revealed there was a very large sum of cash that burned up with the plane.
The scene is as wild as ’80s neon, and the manic chase to uncover the Mafia-laced secrets gives this rip-roaring read a rad vibe that will linger long after the ’80s soundtrack fades and the hairspray falls.
"Young Rich Widows is hands down the most original thriller you'll read all year. Laugh out loud funny, twisty and full of surprises." — Wendy Walker, international bestselling author of What Remains
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Belle (The Personal Assistant) teams up with Layne Fargo (They Never Learn), Cate Holahan (Her Three Lives), and Vanessa Lillie (Blood Sisters) for a freewheeling caper about four women who join forces in the 1980s to clean up the mess made by their deceased better halves. Four partners at a prominent Rhode Island law firm are flying to Manhattan for a client meeting when their private plane explodes. The deceased—three men and one woman—leave behind former model Justine, sexy second wife Camille, mama bear Krystal, and stripper Meredith. Thanks to office politics and personal resentments, the widows can't stand each other. The funeral for their partners is barely over before they're approached by a gangster who demands they repay the $4 million he claims the dead lawyers owe him—or else. Forced to band together to find the money and stay one step ahead of a ruthless assassin, the widows embark on a madcap investigation into their partners' pasts, uncovering a deadly conspiracy in the process. Each author writes alternating chapters from the perspective of each main character, providing plenty of variations in style and voice to keep readers entertained, even as the campy plot occasionally skids into ridiculousness. This is frothy good fun. Agents: (for Belle) Nikki Terpilowski, Holloway Literary; (for Fargo) Sharon Pelletier, Dystel, Goderich & Bourret; (for Holahan) Paula Munier, Talcott Notch; (for Lillie) Jamie Carr, Book Group
