| Social Crimes Library Edition Contributor(s): Hitchcock, Jane Stanton (Author), Rosenblat, Barbara (Read by) |
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ISBN: 0786190000 ISBN-13: 9780786190003 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: MP3 CD - Other Formats Published: June 2003 Annotation: When husband Lucius dies under rather sordid and suspicious circumstances, prominent New York socialite Jo Slater is shocked to learn that he has left his sizable estate to a mysterious French countess. Exiled from the kingdom of money, power, and privilege, Jo struggles to rebuild her life only to find herself thwarted at every turn by the countess, sliding down the social ladder until she hits rock bottom, buying a pair of Hush Puppies (on sale) for her aching feet. Obsessed with recovering her fortune and place as queen of New York, Jo concocts an audacious scheme of revenge. Can she pull it off? --Library Journal |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 5.38" W x 5.4" (0.19 lbs) |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - New York - Locality - New York, N.Y. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rosenblat, Barbara: - Barbara Rosenblat, one of the most awarded narrators in the business, was selected by AudioFile magazine as one of the Golden Voices of the Twentieth Century. She has received the prestigious Audie Award multiple times and has earned fifty-four AudioFile Earphones Awards. She has also appeared in film, television, and theater, both in London's West End and on Broadway. Hitchcock, Jane Stanton: -Jane Stanton Hitchcock has written several novels, including Trick of the Eye, Social Crimes (People magazine's Beach Book of the Week), and One Dangerous Lady. She lives in New York and Washington, DC. |