Ladykiller: A Novel

Everyone has a story. But not everyone's story is true.

When a young woman vanishes from her remote Greek island estate, her best friend races to find her, using clues found in the explosive manuscript she left behind.

"Full of sun, sex, money, and greed, not since Gone Girl have unreliable narrators been this fun."--Katy Hays, New York Times bestselling author of The Cloisters

Gia and Abby have been friends since childhood, forever bonded by the tragedy that unfolded in Greece when they were eighteen. Now thirty, heiress Gia is back in Greece with her shiny new husband, entertaining glamorous guests with champagne under the hot Mediterranean sun, while bookish Abby is working fourteen-hour days as an attorney. When Gia invites Abby on an all-expenses-paid trip to Sweden to celebrate her birthday, Abby's thrilled to reconnect.

But on the day of her flight, Abby receives an ominous email that threatens to unearth the skeletons of her past, and when she and Gia's brother, Benny, arrive in Sweden, Gia isn't there. Worried, Abby and Benny fly to Greece, where they find Gia's beachfront estate eerily deserted, the sole clue to her whereabouts the manuscript she penned, detailing the events leading up to her disappearance. Gia's narrative reveals the dark truth about her provocative new marriage and the dirty secrets of their seductive guests, a story almost too scandalous to be believed. But the pages end abruptly, leaving more questions than answers.

How much of Gia's story is true? Where is she now? And will Abby find her before it's too late?

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368 pages

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bookshelf.at.tiffanys
Dec 19, 2024
6/10 stars
Childhood best friends Abby and Gia were born on opposite sides of the tracks. Gia - an incredibly rich heiress, Abby - Gia's family chef's daughter. The two grew up together and Gia's father took a liking to Abby. He began treating her like family, and eventually paid for her schooling/college.

Fast forward several years later and Gia and Abby have had a falling out so to speak. Gia is living in Greece with her new husband and Abby is living in New York working as a lawyer. When Abby receives an invitation to celebrate Gia's birthday in Sweden, she's conflicted about going and isn't sure she'll be able to take the time off work. The two haven't spoken in awhile, but Gia promises that this trip with just be the two of them and her brother, Benny. Abby reluctantly agrees to go. Benny and Abby reunite in Sweden, but Gia never shows. The pair head to Greece to find their missing sister/best friend and figure out what is going on in her world... Where has she gone and are they too late to find her?

I wanted to love this one, really, I did. It started off SO strong and intriguing... the ending just fell super flat for me and with NO resolution - I had so many questions! I was also able to guess a couple of the plot twists really easily.

Thank you, NetGalley and Random House- Ballantine, for an advanced reader copy in exchange for my honest review.

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