ARGONAUT BOOKS

Summer is coming to a close on Long Island, and Alex is no longer welcome. One misstep at a dinner party and the older man she's been staying with dismisses her with a ride to the train station and a ticket back to the city. With few resources, but a gift for navigating the desires of others, Alex stays on the island. She drifts like a ghost through the gated driveways and sun-blasted dunes of a rarefied world, trailing destruction in her wake. Reviews Sultry and engrossing, with a note of menace, it's a gorgeously smart affair whose deceptive lightness conceals strange ...Read More