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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I read this book for our bookclub month of September and I really enjoyed it! The only thing that disappointed me was there is a sequel and I just don't think it will have the bang this one did.The author did a great job giving us the run down on the social scene in New York. ( ) Social Crimes is a difficult book to read. It deals with a woman in the upper social class of New York City. She was written out of her husband's will with all of his money going to his lover. The woman who was spurned by her late husband becomes obsessed with the woman who inherited everything including her life and friends. Social Crimes is extremely upsetting in its plot. Because of the immorality of the behavior of the characters, this book only received three stars in this rating. When Jo Slater, one of the grandest of New York's grande dames and great patron of the arts, befriends a young French countess, trouble begins. Ignoring warnings from friends, Jo abruptly discovers the truth about her mysterious guest. But it is too late. Jo is knocked off her pedestal and the young woman takes her place in society. Dethroned and dispossessed in the world where she once reigned, she sets out to recoup her fortune and reclaim her throne. Using her knowledge of the eighteenth century, she concocts an ingenious scheme based on the greatest historical swindle of all time, a true story involving Marie Antoinette. In order for the scheme to work, however, she must resort to the most desperate of all measures: murder. no reviews | add a review
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. No library descriptions found. |
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