Based on a True Story

Dame Eleanor Kingman is about to throw the party of a lifetime. Her seventieth birthday, to be held at her new cliffside manor. This is her fourth home, and it’s absolutely stunning. Meanwhile, a television crew has descended on the party, where they will interview guests and create a documentary about her life and career. Kingman is a wildly successful children’s author, but her past contains secrets. And someone knows these secrets and is out to get her. For months, she’s been receiving menacing emails, threatening to expose the lie she’s kept safe for fifty years. Eleanor must figure out who is doing this, before it’s too late. Could it be one of her three daughters, all with a vested interest in her business? Her ex-agent, or ex-husband? Maybe her new agent, or the talented (but underpaid) illustrator she had hired for her most recent book. It could be anyone, and Eleanor must figure it out (while staying composed at her party) before it is too late.

Read this if you loved: A Very Bad Thing (a favorite!)