Bailey Weggins is a single woman in her thirties living in
Manhattan. She makes her living as a true crime
writer/journalist, but occasionally serves as an amateur
sleuth when her investigative sixth sense tells her
there's more than meets the eye on a case she's working.
Right now, she's working a great gig at Buzz Magazine, which
isn't quite Pulitzer-prize material, but it pays the bills.
She doesn't write fluff pieces like most of her colleagues;
instead, she covers celebs when they get into legal trouble.
She enjoys her freelance work and her relationship with
boyfriend Beau seems to be going well.
Bailey's colleague Jessica gets invited to a weekend party
at a music producer's house, and Jessica invites Bailey. As
Beau has been called out of town for the weekend on a work
assignment, Bailey decides to go. However, as soon as
everyone arrives, the tension begins. One of the attendees
is supermodel Devon Barr, her entourage, her ex-boyfriend,
and his wife. The stereotypical dynamic of the supermodel
treating the host's cook as persona non grata sets in, and
the tension only ratchets up when a snowstorm traps them all
in the house.
Things really get heated when Devon's dead body is
discovered in the middle of the night. Bailey immediately
suspects foul play, remembering Devon's spontaneous
confession that she did not feel safe and that she needed to
get out of the house. Bailey also discovers that someone
took evidence out of Devon's room before the police got
there, which confirms her suspicions. If the police are
swayed by Bailey's explanation and theories, they don't let
on, which leads Bailey to do her own investigating. Within
just a few days, though, her job at Buzz is put in jeopardy
as her boss gets a tip that she has attempted to extort
money from Devon's mother in exchange for not publishing
embarrassing secrets about Devon.
Now suspended from the magazine, Bailey starts to
investigate Devon's death independently. However, she finds
that nearly everyone at the house that weekend had a motive
of some kind (and certainly had the opportunity). As soon
as she starts to make headway, her own safety is threatened,
which tells her that she's probably on the right track but
she needs to find indisputable proof before she becomes a
second victim.
I've read one Kate White book before, and I loved it so much
that I couldn't wait to read SO PRETTY IT HURTS. I am
happy to say
that it did NOT disappoint! This book was intriguing from
the first page, it held my attention throughout the entire
fast-paced story, and the characters are compelling. While
there were a few suspects I eliminated, I never did figure
out the actual culprit. The subplot involving Bailey's
relationship with Beau was interesting without being too
overpowering. SO PRETTY IT HURTS is perfectly balanced in
all
ways.
Bailey Weggins, the thirty-something, true crime journalist
for Buzz, a leading celebrity magazine, needs a break.
Plenty busy with her day job, her freelance work, and
trying
to get her first book noticed, she barely has time for her
recently exclusive boyfriend, Beau Regan, much less
herself.
When Beau goes out of town, Bailey accepts an invitation
with her friend Jesse to a music mogul's weekend house in
upstate New York.
But, the relaxing weekend getaway turns out to be more like
an Agatha Christie whodunit. A weird tension has infected
all the guests—a glamorous crowd of journalists and models,
including the famous, and famously thin, supermodel Devon
Barr. An impending snowstorm only adds to the tension. When
Devon’s cold, lifeless body is found in her bed, Bailey
immediately suspects foul play: she can’t shake the memory
of a fearful and angry Devon shivering in the woods outside
the house, whispering , “I have to get out here . . . It’s
not safe for me.”
When evidence goes missing from the crime scene, Bailey
once
again finds herself a moving target—running closer to the
truth and farther from safety.
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