In my new book, UNSEASONABLY COLD, A socialite who writes a well-known column disappears without a trace. (An elevator is not a good place to make a pitch.)
The story is first told by her best friend who had lunch with her that day and is the last known person to have seen Jane. I wanted to write about grief, loss, irreplaceable friendships. (I wish there was music in this elevator to illustrate my mood). Secrets. Scandal, Betrayal, Police Investigation. Front Page News.
And oddly 1939 is very much like today, between the crazy divisions of wealth and power, fear of pending war, religious differences. And the front we all put up is a mirror of the facade many of Jane’s friends and family put up to try to hide their fear and maintain a veneer of uprightness, while underneath they’re terrified and anguished.
Was Jane’s husband having an affair? Was Jane? Are there true suspects? As more comes out, almost everyone has a secret….including Liza….It gets dark…it’s also a love story.
(The elevator door pings. We’re on the 14th floor. The doors open. Time to get out.)
Tell me, yes, please. To my new book, UNSEASONABLY COLD. Thanks for listening.
A socialite living in late-1930s New York City disappears without a trace in Unseasonably Cold, Amy Ephron's elegant, melancholy noir of secrets, misapprehensions, and deceptions.
Replete with beautifully observed period detail and sharply drawn characters, Unseasonably Cold is classic storytelling, a mystery crafted with an artist's eye. Rendered in Ephron's lovely, austere literary prose, it is utterly worthy of the era it depicts, when the polite mask of high society’s mannered calm disguised the turbulence just beneath; a mirror for the terrible events swirling in Europe at the lead-up to the Second World War.
Historical | Thriller Historical [ The Sager Group LLC, On Sale: June 30, 2026, Hardcover / e-Book, / ]
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Amy Ephron is an American novelist, screenwriter, journalist, and film producer.
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