Pretty Things: A NovelNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Who’s really following you on social media? The scam of a lifetime brings together two wildly different women in this page-turning thriller about greed, legacy, and betrayal from the New York Times bestselling author of Watch Me Disappear. An ID Book Club Selection • “It’s Dynasty meets Patricia Highsmith.”—The Washington Post Nina once bought into the idea that her fancy liberal arts degree would lead to a fulfilling career. When that dream crashed, she turned to stealing from rich kids in L.A. alongside her wily Irish boyfriend, Lachlan. Nina learned from the best: Her mother was the original con artist, hustling to give her daughter a decent childhood despite their wayward life. But when her mom gets sick, Nina puts everything on the line to help her, even if it means running her most audacious, dangerous scam yet. Vanessa is a privileged young heiress who wanted to make her mark in the world. Instead she becomes an Instagram influencer—traveling the globe, receiving free clothes and products, and posing for pictures in exotic locales. But behind the covetable façade is a life marked by tragedy. After a broken engagement, Vanessa retreats to her family’s sprawling mountain estate, Stonehaven: a mansion of dark secrets not just from Vanessa’s past, but from that of a lost and troubled girl named Nina. Nina’s, Vanessa’s, and Lachlan’s paths collide here, on the cold shores of Lake Tahoe, where their intertwined lives give way to a winter of aspiration and desire, duplicity and revenge. This dazzling, twisty, mesmerizing novel showcases acclaimed author Janelle Brown at her best, as two brilliant, damaged women try to survive the greatest game of deceit and destruction they will ever play. |
Contents
Section 20 | 236 |
Section 21 | 249 |
Section 22 | 261 |
Section 23 | 271 |
Section 24 | 279 |
Section 25 | 302 |
Section 26 | 326 |
Section 27 | 352 |
Section 9 | 114 |
Section 10 | 117 |
Section 11 | 122 |
Section 12 | 123 |
Section 13 | 134 |
Section 14 | 163 |
Section 15 | 188 |
Section 16 | 199 |
Section 17 | 200 |
Section 18 | 212 |
Section 19 | 220 |
Section 28 | 358 |
Section 29 | 367 |
Section 30 | 373 |
Section 31 | 383 |
Section 32 | 390 |
Section 33 | 407 |
Section 34 | 439 |
Section 35 | 447 |
Section 36 | 465 |
Section 37 | 477 |
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