Description:

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.

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?

Adele’s Review:

Ladykiller is a compelling read, written with complex characters and luxurious settings. The Greek Isles and its culture drew me into the story centered around Gia, the central character. Gia is young and consistently impulsive, a trait that shapes her life, and rarely for the better. She’s self-absorbed, promiscuous, and yet vulnerable. Her friend, Abby, is the more stable character who tries to tame Gia’s impulsiveness, but rarely succeeds. This imbalance remains at the heart of the story. The alternating POV between the women deepens our understanding of both and this reviewer found them almost equally empathetic. The pacing of this novel is terrific, and the story never lags. It’s often exciting, sometimes heart wrenching, but always interesting.

Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6273329121

Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CKSMLKD8