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Beatriz Williams - Wicked Widow, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

Wicked Widow

A Wicked City Novel

Av Beatriz Williams

Del i serien Wicked City series

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Gin Kelly, the wicked redhead, is back! Readers willdelight in next installment of the Wicked City series by New York Timesbestselling author Beatriz Williams. June 1925. Audacious Appalachian flapper Geneva “Gin”Kelly prepares to trade her high-flying ways for respectable marriage to OliverAnson Marshall, a steadfast Prohibition agent who happens to hail from one ofNew York’s most distinguished families. But just as wedding bells chime, thehead of the notorious East Coast rum-running racket—and Anson’s mortalenemy—turns up murdered at a society funeral, and their short-lived honeymoonbliss goes up in a spectacular blaze that sends Anson back undercover...andinto the jaws of a trap from which not even Gin can rescue him. As violenceexplodes around her, Gin must summon all her considerable moxie to trace thetentacles of this sinister organization back to their shocking source, and facedown a legendary American family at a rigged game it has no intention oflosing.June 1998. When Ella Dommerich’s ninetysomethingsociety queen aunt Julie ropes her into digging up dirt on Senator (andPresidential candidate) Franklin Hardcastle in order to settle old family scores,she couldn’t be less enthusiastic. Pregnant Ella’s recently ditched herunfaithful husband and settled into cozy—if complicated—domesticity with her almost-too-good-to-be-truemusician boyfriend, Hector. But then the Hardcastle secrets lead to a web ofshady dealings Ella’s uncovered in her job as a financial analyst, and thebodies start to tumble out of the venerable woodwork. With the help of herex-husband and her mysterious connection to a certain redheaded flapper, Elladigs up more than mere dirt…only to discover herself standing alone between alegendarily ruthless family and the prize it’s sought for generations.What ugly secrets lurk in the opulent enclaves—and bankaccounts--of America’s richest families? And can two determined women from twodifferent generations thwart the murderous legacy of the demon liquor?
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Beatriz Williams is the bestselling author of over a dozen novels, including The Beach at Summerly, Our Woman in Moscow, and The Summer Wives, as well as four other novels cowritten with Lauren Willig and Karen White. A native of Seattle, she graduated from Stanford University and earned an MBA in finance from Columbia University. She lives with her husband and four children near the Connecticut shore, where she divides her time between writing and laundry.

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“Williams continues her Wicked City series (after The Wicked Redhead) with an engrossing New York City mystery spanning several decades…Williams’s fast-paced story line features engaging dialogue and thematic connections between Ella and Geneva. Series fans will eat this up.” — Publishers Weekly“Inventive...What if Amelia Earhart had not only survived her last flight, but found true romance.”  — Kirkus Reviews on Her Last Flight“I think Beatriz Williams is writing the best historical fiction out there. It’s lush with period detail but feels immediate.”  — Elin Hilderbrand“The Golden Houris pure golden delight Beatriz Williams is at the top of her game.” — Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network“Williams imagines the adventures of a world-famous aviator, who disappears in 1937 during a solo, around-the-world flight, in this engaging tale of courage, intrigue, and adventure…Williams builds irresistible tension with the alternating timelines as the fate of Irene and Sam unfolds with shrewd twists and turns that build to an unexpected jolt. Williams’s fans will devour this meaty tale." — Publishers Weekly(starred review) on Her Last Flight“Beatriz Williams deftly fits together the characters, stories, and themes that the narrative services into a cohesive whole. The pieces all align perfectly, and she has shaped them together brilliantly. Her Last Flight is a gem of a book.” — New York Journal of Books on Her Last Flight

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