{"product_id":"pretty-things","title":"Pretty Things","description":"Product Description\n\n\n\u003cfont size=\"+1\"\u003eSOON TO BE A LIMITED SERIES STARRING NICOLE KIDMAN'Pretty Things is awesome. Simple as that. I loved every page'Harlan Coben'It's Dynasty meets Patricia Highsmith' Washington Post 'Will keep you turning pages till the end'Attica Locke 'Outrageously entertaining'Times Crime Club\u003c\/font\u003e \u003cfont size=\"+1\"\u003eNina\u003c\/font\u003e once bought into the idea that her fancy arts degree would lead to a fulfilling career. When that dream crashed, she turned to stealing from rich kids in L.A. alongside her wily Irish boyfriend, Lachlan. But when her mom falls ill, Nina puts everything on the line to help her, running her most dangerous scam yet.\u003cfont size=\"+1\"\u003eVanessa\u003c\/font\u003e is a privileged young heiress who wanted to make her mark in the world. Instead she becomes an Instagram influencer - but behind the covetable façade is a life marked by tragedy.After a broken engagement, Vanessa retreats to her family's sprawling mountain estate, a mansion of dark secrets. It's there that her path collides with Nina's and gives way to a winter of desire and aspiration, duplicity and revenge.\u003cfont size=\"+1\"\u003e'Smart, seductive, and utterly captivating' PopSugar'Deliciously fun' The Week'A can't-look-away story of and for our generation' Chandler Baker, author of Whisper Network'Literary suspense at its best' Angie Kim, author of Miracle Creek\u003c\/font\u003e\n\n\nReview\n\n\nIt's\nDynasty\n meets Patricia Highsmith. . . . Duplicity abounds when two messed-up clans collide, and Brown's final multiple twists are doozies. ―\nWashington Post\n\n\nPretty Things is\nawesome. Simple as that. I loved every page.\nJanelle Brown is your new must-read author. ―\nHarlan Coben\n\nI love a good con story - especially when I can't tell who's the actual mark and who's the real con artist. In Janelle Brown's\ncompulsively readable\nPretty Things, the good girls and the bad girls keep switching places in a story that\nwill keep you turning pages till the end. Brown's latest novel has the same sharp observations that are her trademark-about shifting identities and the secrets we all keep. ―\nAttica Locke, author of HEAVEN, MY HOME\n\nPart psychological thriller and part morality tale, Janelle Brown's\nPretty Things is\nliterary suspense at its best. Gorgeous prose, complex characters inhabiting the fascinating worlds of elite Instagram influencers and high-stakes scam artists, a thought-provoking dual narrative, a twisty plot with\na shocking, never-saw-that-coming ending - this brilliant novel has it all.\nI read it in one day in one sitting, mesmerized, and I loved every moment. ―\nAngie Kim, bestselling author of MIRACLE CREEK\n\nFull of tantalising twists and shocking deceptions, this is an intelligent commentary that is also deliciously fun to read ―\nThe Week\n\nThe author leaves no stone unturned in her inquisitive prodding of social media identities, and draws many important questions about perspective. While that alone might be enough to call this book a must- read, it is Nina and Vanessa who make it unforgettable. It is rare for an author to present hero and victim so equally, but here Brown reminds us that we are all complicated, layered and flawed, and the pace at which she reveals her characters' motives is breakneck and endlessly compelling ―\nBookreporter\n\nFiendishly clever ―\nKirkus\n\nWith flawless suspense, masterly storytelling, and a plot that hits all the notes of our Instagram world perfectly, this novel is a must- read ―\nLibrary Journal\n\nHungry, sexy, and packed with twists, this latest novel from Janelle Brown exposes what's hidden behind the stone walls of the elite's mansions and the slick facades of con artists' scams. Money, family, and Instagram collide to make a book you won't be able to put down ―\nJulia Phillips, author of Disappearing Earth\n\nA can't- look- away story of and for our generation,\nPretty Things combines a spellbinding setting with dark, slippery secrets to expose what we've always known - or maybe just hoped - to be true about the gilded lives pres","brand":"W\u0026N","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39660604424277,"sku":"9781474619721N","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/9d5efcd2-3d2f-4b4d-baf4-cf327e9fb12b.jpg?v=1644280331","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/pretty-things","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}