The Heiresses
By: Sara Shepard
Pages: 320
Read: 9/14/14
Read: 9/14/14
"You know the Saybrooks.
Everyone does. Perhaps you’ve read a profile of them in People or have
seen their pictures in the society pages of Vogue. Perhaps while walking
along that choice block on Fifth Avenue, you’ve been tempted to enter
the ornate limestone building with their family name etched into the
pediment above the door.
The only thing more flawless than a Saybrook’s diamond solitaire is the family behind the jewelry empire. Beauties, entrepreneurs, debutantes, and style mavens, they are the epitome of New York City’s high society. But being a Saybrook comes at a price—they are heirs not only to a dizzying fortune but also to a decades-old family curse.
Tragedy strikes the prominent family yet again when thirty-four-year-old Poppy, the most exquisite Saybrook of them all, flings herself from the window of her TriBeCa office. Everyone is shocked that a woman who had it all would end her own life. Then her cousins receive an ominous threat: one heiress down, four to go.
Was it suicide... or murder? In the aftermath of the tragedy, the remaining heiresses—Corinne, the perfectionist; Rowan, the workaholic; Aster, the hedonist; and Natasha, the enigma—wrestle with feelings of sadness, guilt, and, most of all, fear. Now they must uncover the truth about their family before they lose the only thing money can’t buy: their lives."
The only thing more flawless than a Saybrook’s diamond solitaire is the family behind the jewelry empire. Beauties, entrepreneurs, debutantes, and style mavens, they are the epitome of New York City’s high society. But being a Saybrook comes at a price—they are heirs not only to a dizzying fortune but also to a decades-old family curse.
Tragedy strikes the prominent family yet again when thirty-four-year-old Poppy, the most exquisite Saybrook of them all, flings herself from the window of her TriBeCa office. Everyone is shocked that a woman who had it all would end her own life. Then her cousins receive an ominous threat: one heiress down, four to go.
Was it suicide... or murder? In the aftermath of the tragedy, the remaining heiresses—Corinne, the perfectionist; Rowan, the workaholic; Aster, the hedonist; and Natasha, the enigma—wrestle with feelings of sadness, guilt, and, most of all, fear. Now they must uncover the truth about their family before they lose the only thing money can’t buy: their lives."
Sara Shepard is the author of the Pretty Little Liars series, so I expected a bit of mystery to this book. I have seen the series on TV but I never read the books so I wasn't sure what to expect as far as writing style. I was very pleasantly surprised. I zipped through this book in about 2 days and really didn't want to put it down ... stupid work. I love mysteries and this was a great one. I am usually pretty good as guessing "who dunnit" but I NEVER would have guessed this one. She didn't give anything away. And the ending!! Oh, I sure do hope there is a second book! If not, she left us with quite a cliffhanger ending! The only thing I didn't like was that in the beginning she bombards the readers with like 20 characters at once and their relationships to each other. I had to read it a few times to make sure I had everyone. Despite that, I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes a good mystery!
I gave this book a 4/5 on my GoodReads.
i'm such a sucker for anything about NYC and throw in an heiress and I"m sold! I'll have to check it out I just finished all my summer reading!
ReplyDeleteI definitely recommend it!
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