What Kind of Paradise
- 368 pages
- 13 hours of reading
This author masterfully captures the complex and often dysfunctional family dynamics that lie at the heart of her page-turning novels. Her stories, set across the diverse landscapes of California, are characterized by a brisk pace and an ability to keep readers on the edge of their seats. Drawing on a background as an essayist and journalist, her fiction is infused with depth and realism. Her works explore the human psyche with keen insight while delivering a compelling reading experience.







A series of seismic events--the tanking of Claudia's film, the return of Jeremy's manipulative ex-girlfriend, and the staggering adjustment of their monthly mortgage payments--deal a crushing blow to a young married couple dreaming of the bohemian life and their professional aspirations, and make them question their values and their shared vision of the future.
Two wildly different women—a grifter and an heiress—are brought together by a life-altering scam in a gripping tale from a bestselling author. Nina, once hopeful that her liberal arts degree would lead to success, finds herself stealing from wealthy kids in L.A. with her clever Irish boyfriend, Lachlan. Her mother, a seasoned con artist, taught her the ropes while striving to provide a decent life for her daughter. When her mother falls ill, Nina risks everything to help her, even if it means executing her most dangerous scam yet. Meanwhile, Vanessa, a privileged heiress, dreams of making a difference but instead becomes an Instagram influencer, enjoying a glamorous lifestyle filled with free products and travel. Beneath this glamorous exterior lies a life marked by tragedy. Following a broken engagement, she retreats to her family’s estate, Stonehaven, a mansion steeped in dark secrets connected to both her past and that of the troubled Nina. Their lives intertwine on the shores of Lake Tahoe, leading to a winter filled with ambition, desire, duplicity, and revenge. This captivating, twisty novel highlights the struggles of two brilliant, damaged women as they navigate a perilous game of deceit and destruction.
Two identical twin sisters and former child actors have grown apart-until one disappears, and the other is forced to confront the secrets they've kept from each other in this twisty suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Things.
"A Berkeley mom with a radical past vanishes while hiking, leaving her family to piece together her secrets"-- Provided by publisher
Janice Miller knows this: she loves her husband, her two spirited daughters and the beautiful home in which she has raised her family. It is only once the damage has been done that she finally realises how distant her daughters have become - and that schoolgirl Lizzie and 28-year-old Margaret now have dark secrets of their own.