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    El Dorado Drive: Winner of the LA Times Mystery/Thriller Book Prize 2026 - 'A thrilling, clever and powerful story of family, class, money and morality' (Chris Whitaker)

    Megan Abbott

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    The International Bestseller

    Named a Best Book of the Year by Irish Times, Elle, Crime Reads and Library Journal

    Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Mystery/Thriller

    'A thrilling, clever and powerful story of family, class, money and morality. Megan Abbott is a phenomenal storyteller' CHRIS WHITAKER

    'Suspenseful, beautifully written and, quite simply, exquisite' GILLIAN FLYNN

    'A smart, twisty, and riveting family drama' KARIN SLAUGHTER

    'Intoxicating contemporary noir' IRISH TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR

    'A brutally well-observed suburban thriller' MAIL ON SUNDAY

    All I want is to be innocent again...

    Pam, Debra and Harper grew up rich and privileged in Detroit's heyday, when the city's auto industry was booming. Now in middle age, their fortunes have run out: Debra's husband needs expensive medical treatment. Pam is in the middle of a nasty divorce. And Harper has a big debt and a big secret.

    In desperate need of money, support and a way to restart their lives, the sisters join the Wheel, a women's 'investment club' that promises both relief and a path to financial independence. As the Wheel turns, the money flows, the stakes get higher - and then a shocking murder tears everything apart.

    'As much a smart family drama and exploration of class as it is a thriller' THE i PAPER

    'A modern master' WASHINGTON POST

    'Tense, chilling and beautifully written, El Dorado Drive is an absolute knockout' HARLAN COBEN

    'Suspenseful as all hell but also beautifully observed' DENNIS LEHANE

    'An incisive evisceration of the American Dream, served up as a noirish novel about sisters, envy, and innocence. Exhilarating, explosive and hugely entertaining' SARAH HILARY

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    Praise for El Dorado Drive

    • Megan Abbott is quite rightly considered to be psycho thriller royalty - Daily Mail

    • A literary rock star - RILEY SAGER, New York Times bestselling author of The House Across the Lake

    • Always essential reading - Irish Times

    • Nobody, but nobody does creeping dread like Abbott does - Sam Baker

    Megan Abbott

    Megan Abbott

    Megan Abbott is the Edgar-winning author of the novels Beware the Woman, The Turnout, Give Me Your Hand, You Will Know Me, The Fever, Dare Me, The End of Everything, Bury Me Deep, Queenpin, The Song Is You and Die a Little.

    Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Salon, the Guardian, Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, and The Believer. Her stories have appeared in multiple collections, including the Best American Mystery Stories of 2014 and 2016.

    Her work has won or been nominated for the CWA Steel Dagger, the International Thriller Writers Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and five Edgar awards. Formerly a staff writer on HBO's David Simon show, The Deuce, she was also co-creator, executive producer and show-runner of Dare Me, based upon her novel, for the USA Network and, internationally, Netflix.

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