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A Novel
Harper
July 2009
On Sale: June 30, 2009
352 pages
ISBN: 0061173703
EAN: 9780061173707
Hardcover
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When the latest victim of the "Beltway Basher" is found in
the woods of Montrose Park, Reven Lynch's favorite jogging
spot, her crime-loving antenna goes up. The murder makes
Reven and her best friend, Violet Bolton, reconsider their
running route—but that's not the only change in Reven's
routine. Her chic Georgetown neighborhood isn't accustomed
to brutal slayings, and when the smooth, enigmatic Detective
Gunner shows up in her antique shop, asking pointed
questions, Reven's left wondering how close to home the
killings are. Gunner is convinced the murderer is a society bigshot hiding
in plain sight. But he is out of his element in the rarefied
world of embassy dinners and symphony balls, and Reven is
perfectly positioned to feed him the inside information he
needs. She throws herself into her role as the detective's
"ersatz Mata Hari," only to discover that the prominent
skirt-chasing businessman for whom she's fallen tops
Gunner's shortlist of suspects. And that's not the half of
it: a philanthropic bombshell named Cynthia Rinehart has
taken the city by storm, and Violet's steady marriage is
suddenly encountering some major turbulence. . . . During the course of the investigation, the social world
will unravel, an old friendship will be put to the test,
scandalous secrets will be unleashed, and Reven will
discover that nothing old or new, in high culture or low
life, is what it appears. A riveting tale of murder, money,
and high society, set in the glamorous, politics-fueled
world of the nation's capital, Mortal Friends delivers
another "killer read" (People).
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