An ongoing string of high-profile and very public murder-suicides has San Francisco even more rattled than a string of recent earthquakes: A flamboyant fashion designer burns to death, clutching the body of his murdered lover. A superstar 49er jumps off the Golden Gate Bridge. And most shocking of all, a U.S. attorney launches her BMW off a highway overpass, killing herself and three others.

Enter forensic psychiatrist Jo Beckett, hired by the SFPD to cut open not the victim's body, but the victim's life. Jo's job is to complete the psychological autopsy, shedding light on the circumstances of any equivocal death. Soon she makes a shocking discovery: All the suicides belonged to something called the Dirty Secrets Club, a group of A-listers with nothing but money and plenty to hide. As the deaths continue, Jo delves into the disturbing motives behind this shadowy group - until she receives a letter that contains a dark secret Jo thought she'd left deep in her past, a secret that ends with the most chilling words of all: "Welcome to the Dirty Secrets Club."

Praise for Meg Gardiner
"If you read Sue Grafton, Lee Child, Janet Evanovich, Michael Connelly, or Nelson DeMille, you're going to think Meg Gardiner is a gift from heaven." - Stephen King

"A winner in every way. The Dirty Secrets Club is nuanced and layered - and a harrowing thriller. . . . Meg Gardiner makes every one of her characters leap alive off the page." - Jeffery Deaver

"Meg Gardiner is an astonishing writer, and The Dirty Secrets Club is a humdinger of a thriller, with shocks and twists galore. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough." - Tess Gerritsen

 

Here's a new twist on the investigation of a homicide. Forensic psychiatrist Jo Beckett is called upon to solve a series of double deaths, each a murder and a suicide. Beckett conducts psychological autopsies instead of cutting up bodies. She solves crimes by putting together the pieces of the victims' lives. The more she comes to understand about a victim, the more she's able to get to the bottom of his or her death. Susan Ericksen gives Beckett a sometimes vibrant, sometimes self-deprecating personality. Ericksen performs Beckett as a confident investigator whose examinations of her own behavior reveal less self-esteem. Ericksen's male characters are credible but a bit overacted in terms of gender. A.L.H. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine

 

Originally from Santa Barbara, California, Meg Gardiner previously practiced law and taught at the University of California. She lives with her family near London.

 

The Dirty Secrets Club by Meg Gardiner
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