Synopses & Reviews
Introducing the writer Stephen King trumpets as the next suspense superstarRecently Stephen King devoted an entire Entertainment Weekly column to Meg Gardiner, proclaiming her as good as Michael Connelly and far better than Janet Evanovich. How is it possible, he wondered, that this Californian was published only in Britain? Starting now, suspense fans on this side of the pond can get their fix right here: Dutton is proud to introduce Gardiners brand-new series heroine, Jo Beckett, in The Dirty Secrets Club.
An ongoing string of high-profile and very public murder-suicides has San Francisco even more rattled than a string of recent earthquakes: A flamboyant fashion designer burns to death, clutching the body of his murdered lover. A superstar 49er jumps off the Golden Gate Bridge. And most shocking of all, a U.S. attorney launches her BMW off a highway overpass, killing herself and three others.
Enter forensic psychiatrist Jo Beckett, hired by the SFPD to cut open not the victims body but the victims life. Jos job is to complete the psychological autopsy, shedding light on the circumstances of any equivocal death. Soon she makes a shocking discovery: All the suicides belonged to something called the Dirty Secrets Club, a group of A-listers with nothing but money and plenty to hide. As the deaths continue, Jo delves into the disturbing motives behind this shadowy groupuntil she receives a letter containing a dark secret Jo thought shed left deep in her past, and ending with the most chilling words of all: Welcome to the Dirty Secrets Club.
Review
If you read Sue Grafton, Lee Child, Janet Evanovich, Michael Connelly, or Nelson DeMille, youre going to think Meg Gardiner is a gift from heaven
.the next suspense superstar.
--Stephen King
"Stephen King is absolutely right. Meg Gardiner is an astonishing writer, and The Dirty Secrets Club is a humdinger of a thriller, with shocks and twists galore. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough." --Tess Gerritsen
A winner in every way. The Dirty Secrets Club is nuanced and layered-- and a harrowing thriller that chews up the streets of San Francisco from the high-rises to the Tenderloin. Meg Gardiner makes every one of her characters leap alive off the page, and I personally am in love with the most compelling of them all, Jo Beckett--the psychiatrist who analyzes dead people for the cops and who's willing to trade her cell phone for a cup of coffee.
Jeffery Deaver, New York Times bestselling author of The Sleeping Doll
Review
"The next suspense superstar."
-Stephen King
"A harrowing thriller."
-Jeffery Deaver
Synopsis
With this breakout novel, the meg gardiner fan club is growing...A string of high-profile murder-suicides has San Francisco more rattled than the string of recent earthquakes. Hired by the SFPD to shed light on the victims' lives, forensic psychiatrist Jo Beckett makes a shocking discovery: all the suicides belonged to a group of A-listers with lots of money and plenty to hide. And soon Jo finds herself trapped in a nightmare from her past when she gets invited to join the club...
About the Author
Meg Gardiner previously practiced law and taught at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Originally from Southern California, she now lives with her family in London. The Dirty Secrets Club is her first novel published in the U.S. She will be promoting The Dirty Secrets Club on a national tour this summer.