{"product_id":"scenes-of-the-crime-9780593598023","title":"Scenes of the Crime","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn ambitious screenwriter tries to solve her friend's disappearance by re-creating their fateful final girls' trip in this riveting locked-room mystery from the author of \u003ci\u003eAll Dressed Up.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Twisty and utterly bingeable . . . Each page will leave you gasping for more.\"--Disha Bose, author of \u003ci\u003eDirty Laundry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt should have been the perfect spring break: Five girlfriends. A remote winery on the Oregon coast. An infinite supply of delicious wine at their manicured fingertips. But then their center--beautiful, magnetic Vanessa Morales--vanished without a trace. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEmily Fischer was perhaps the last person to see her alive. But now, years later, Emily spots Vanessa's doppelganger at a local café. At the end of her rope working a lucrative yet mind-numbing gig on a network sitcom, Emily is inspired to finally tell the story that's been percolating inside her for so long: Vanessa's story. But first, she needs to know what really happened on that fateful night. So she puts a brilliant scheme into motion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe gets the girls together for a reunion weekend at the scene of the crime under the guise of reconnecting. There's Brittany, Vanessa's cousin and the inheritor of the winery; Paige, a former athlete, bullish yet easily manipulated; and Lydia, the wallflower of the group. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of them knows the truth. But what have they each been hiding? And how much can Emily trust anything she learns from them . . . or even her own memories of Vanessa's last days? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSuspenseful, propulsive, and interspersed with scenes from Emily's blockbuster screenplay, \u003ci\u003eScenes of the Crime \u003c\/i\u003eis an unforgettable mystery that examines culpability, the shiny rearview mirror of Hollywood storytelling, and the pitfalls of female friendship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJilly Gagnon \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eAll Dressed Up \u003c\/i\u003eand the young adult novel \u003ci\u003e#famous\u003c\/i\u003e. Her humor writing, personal essays, and op-eds have appeared in \u003ci\u003eNewsweek, Elle, Vanity Fair, Boston\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's Internet Tendency, The Toast, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Hairpin, \u003c\/i\u003e among others. She lives in Salem, Massachusetts, with her family and two black cats.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bantam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50610173673746,"sku":"9780593598023","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_503c1d9e-ef09-4900-b3be-0d4110a3ac67.jpg?v=1732335394","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/scenes-of-the-crime-9780593598023","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}