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Recently Stephen King devoted an
entire Entertainment Weekly column to Meg
Gardiner, proclaiming her "as good as Michael Connelly
and far better than Janet Evanovich." How is it
possible, he wondered, that this Californian was
published only in Britain? Starting now, suspense fans
on this side of the pond can get their fix right here:
Dutton is proud to introduce Gardiner's brand-new series
heroine, Jo Beckett, in The Dirty Secrets Club.
An ongoing string of high-profile and very public
murder-suicides has San Francisco even more rattled than
a string of recent earthquakes: A flamboyant fashion
designer burns to death, clutching the body of his
murdered lover. A superstar 49er jumps off the Golden
Gate Bridge. And most shocking of all, a U.S. attorney
launches her BMW off a highway overpass, killing herself
and three others.
Enter forensic psychiatrist Jo Beckett, hired by the
SFPD to cut open not the victim's body but the victim's
life. Jo's job is to complete the psychological autopsy,
shedding light on the circumstances of any equivocal
death. Soon she makes a shocking discovery: All the
suicides belonged to something called the Dirty Secrets
Club, a group of A-listers with nothing but money and
plenty to hide. As the deaths continue, Jo delves into
the disturbing motives behind this shadowy group-until
she receives a letter containing a dark secret Jo
thought she'd left deep in her past, and ending with the
most chilling words of all: "Welcome to the Dirty
Secrets Club." |
