{"product_id":"the-wicked-widow-a-wicked-city-novel-isbn-9780063142442","title":"The Wicked Widow: A Wicked City Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGin Kelly, the wicked redhead, is back! Readers will\u003cbr\u003edelight in next installment of the Wicked City series by \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003ebestselling author Beatriz Williams. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJune 1925. \u003c\/strong\u003eAudacious Appalachian flapper Geneva “Gin”\u003cbr\u003eKelly prepares to trade her high-flying ways for respectable marriage to Oliver\u003cbr\u003eAnson Marshall, a steadfast Prohibition agent who happens to hail from one of\u003cbr\u003eNew York’s most distinguished families. But just as wedding bells chime, the\u003cbr\u003ehead of the notorious East Coast rum-running racket—and Anson’s mortal\u003cbr\u003eenemy—turns up murdered at a society funeral, and their short-lived honeymoon\u003cbr\u003ebliss goes up in a spectacular blaze that sends Anson back undercover...and\u003cbr\u003einto the jaws of a trap from which not even Gin can rescue him. As violence\u003cbr\u003eexplodes around her, Gin must summon all her considerable moxie to trace the\u003cbr\u003etentacles of this sinister organization back to their shocking source, and face\u003cbr\u003edown a legendary American family at a rigged game it has no intention of\u003cbr\u003elosing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJune 1998\u003c\/strong\u003e. When Ella Dommerich’s ninetysomething\u003cbr\u003esociety queen aunt Julie ropes her into digging up dirt on Senator (and\u003cbr\u003ePresidential candidate) Franklin Hardcastle in order to settle old family scores,\u003cbr\u003eshe couldn’t be less enthusiastic. Pregnant Ella’s recently ditched her\u003cbr\u003eunfaithful husband and settled into cozy—if complicated—domesticity with her \u003cem\u003ealmost\u003c\/em\u003e-too-good-to-be-true\u003cbr\u003emusician boyfriend, Hector. But then the Hardcastle secrets lead to a web of\u003cbr\u003eshady dealings Ella’s uncovered in her job as a financial analyst, and the\u003cbr\u003ebodies start to tumble out of the venerable woodwork. With the help of her\u003cbr\u003eex-husband and her mysterious connection to a certain redheaded flapper, Ella\u003cbr\u003edigs up more than mere dirt…only to discover herself standing alone between a\u003cbr\u003elegendarily ruthless family and the prize it’s sought for generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat ugly secrets lurk in the opulent enclaves—and bank\u003cbr\u003eaccounts--of America’s richest families? And can two determined women from two\u003cbr\u003edifferent generations thwart the murderous legacy of the demon liquor?\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Williams continues her Wicked City series (after\u003cem\u003e The Wicked Redhead\u003c\/em\u003e) with an engrossing New York City mystery spanning several decades…Williams’s fast-paced story line features engaging dialogue and thematic connections between Ella and Geneva. Series fans will eat this up.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Inventive...What if Amelia Earhart had not only survived her last flight, but found true romance.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews on Her Last Flight\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I think Beatriz Williams is writing the best historical fiction out there. It’s lush with period detail but feels immediate.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eElin Hilderbrand\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Golden Hour\u003c\/em\u003eis pure golden delight Beatriz Williams is at the top of her game.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Williams imagines the adventures of a world-famous aviator, who disappears in 1937 during a solo, around-the-world flight, in this engaging tale of courage, intrigue, and adventure…Williams builds irresistible tension with the alternating timelines as the fate of Irene and Sam unfolds with shrewd twists and turns that build to an unexpected jolt. 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The pieces all align perfectly, and she has shaped them together brilliantly. \u003cem\u003eHer Last Flight\u003c\/em\u003e is a gem of a book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Journal of Books on Her Last Flight\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889576636645,"sku":"NP9780063142442","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780063142442.jpg?v=1730231527","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-wicked-widow-a-wicked-city-novel-isbn-9780063142442","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}