A darkly funny, razor sharp plunge into America’s most perfect town, where privilege, sex, scandal, and murder lurk beneath a flawless veneer, from #1 Sunday Times bestselling author James Frey

Behind every great fortune, lies a great crime - Honoré de Balzac

New Bethlehem, Connecticut. Picture-perfect lawns, manicured hedges, multi-million dollar homes. But beneath the designer yoga gear and country club memberships lies a darker reality.

In this world of excess, Devon and Belle have it all – beauty, money, status. But they want something more. Something dangerous. Something that makes them feel alive. Their solution? A party – a meticulously curated gathering of New Bethlehem’s elite, from a desperate ex-NFL quarterback to a hockey coach with a penchant for married women, and a ruthless Wall Street ‘closer’ who wields his wealth like a weapon.

One night. Multiple betrayals. And a murder that will shatter New Bethlehem’s carefully constructed facade.

Fans of The White Lotus and Big Little Lies will be drawn into the dark underbelly of the American Dream – a world where money can buy anything, until it ruins everything.

PRAISE FOR JAMES FREY

'James Frey is probably one of the finest and most important writers to have emerged in recent years' Guardian

'A furiously good storyteller' New York Times

'Frey clearly has a knack for telling tales' The Times

'Frey is in a class of his own in inventive, idiosyncratic style' City Life

'One of the finest young writers around' Irish Examiner

'Frey writes with pace and energy' Times Literary Supplement