Social Crimes

Revenge is a dish best served cold, but for socialite Jo Slater, it's best served on a Limoges plate with Christofle cutlery, as she schemes to revenge herself on the woman who stole her husband, her place in society and her fortune. A wicked, witty and wholly irresistible mystery of manners, money and murder in New York's high society.

Dark secrets lurk beneath the glamour and glitter of New York's high society life in this riveting tale of murder, obsession and revenge. Jo Slater, one of the grandest of New York's grande dames is knocked off her pedestal when her husband of twenty years dies under strange circumstances and leaves his fortune to a mysterious French countess. When Jo discovers she has been the victim of a plot, she decides to set things straight. And nothing is going to get in her way.

About the Author:
In addition to her two Jo Slater novels, Social Crimes and One Dangerous Lady, Jane Stanton Hitchcock has written two previous novels, The Witches Hammer and Trick of the Eye, which was nominated for both the Edgar Award and the Hammett Prize as the Best First Novel of the Year. She is also a successful dramatist, and her play Vanilla was directed by Harold Pinter and produced at London's Lyric Theatre. She also writes for The Washington Post and The Spectator.

Allen & Unwin
Author: Jane Stanton Hitchcock
ISBN: 1741148189
RRP: $24.95