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November's best books are here, with something for everyone: suspense, romance, mystery, and more.

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Coffee and murder
were never so much fun.
An "edge of your seat" read!


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Estranged friends reunite only to realize they�re something more


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A house party goes awry when a guest is poisoned by berries from the host's poison garden, and Lady Georgie Rannoch must race to find the culprit before her bundle of joy arrives.


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Lola's back in town, and she's in danger. Webster's sworn to protect her, but can he trust her?


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Will the determined bachelors find love, or will their captivating matches prove their undoing?


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Haunted by his last case, Detective Levi Griggs reteams with his first love to solve a copycat crime.


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A single mom and a down-on-his-luck sports anchor find a holiday miracle in each other.


Deliberate Cruelty
Roseanne Montillo

Truman Capote, the Millionaire's Wife, and the Murder of the Century

Atria Books
November 2023
On Sale: November 1, 2023
Featuring: Ann Woodward; Billy Woodward
320 pages
ISBN: 1982153741
EAN: 9781982153748
Kindle: B09RX44FQZ
Paperback / e-Book
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Hardcover (November 2022)

Non-Fiction Memoir

This glittering, “wild romp of a story, boldly and beautifully told” (Neal Thompson, author of The First Kennedys) explores the darkly intertwined fates of infamous socialite Ann Woodward and literary icon Truman Capote, sweeping us to the upper echelons of Manhattan’s high society—where falls from grace are all the more shocking.

When Ann Woodward shot her husband, banking heir Billy Woodward, in the middle of the night in 1955, her life changed forever. Though she claimed she thought he was a prowler, few believed the woman who had risen from charismatic showgirl to popular socialite. Everyone had something to say about the scorching scandal afflicting one of the most rich and famous families of New York City, but no one was more obsessed with the tale than Truman Capote.

Acclaimed for his bestselling nonfiction book In Cold Blood, Capote was looking for new material and followed the scandal from beginning to end. Like Ann, he too had ascended from nobody to toast of the town, but he always felt like an outsider, even among the exclusive coterie of high society women who adored him. He decided the story of Ann’s turbulent marriage would be the basis of his masterpiece—a novel about the dysfunction and sordid secrets revealed to him by his high society “swans”—never thinking that it would eventually lead to Ann’s suicide and his own scandalous downfall.

“A 20th-century morality tale of enduring fascination” (Laura Thompson, author of The Heiresses), Deliberate Cruelty is a haunting cross between true crime and literary history that is perfect for fans of Furious Hours, Empty Mansions, and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.

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