Reputation : a novel /
Material type: TextPublisher: New York, New York : Dutton, [2019]Description: 372 pages ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781524742904
- 1524742902
- 813/.6 23
- PS3619.H4543 R47 2020
Item type | Current library | Home library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Standard Loan | Hayden Library Adult Paperback | Hayden Library | Book - Paperback | SHEPARD (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 50610021799700 |
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In this perfectly-paced new novel from Sara Shepard, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Little Liars , the women of a tight-knit college town learn through gossip, scandal, betrayal, and even murder, who their neighbors and husbands really are.
Aldrich University is rocked to its core when a hacker dumps 40,000 people's e-mails--the entire faculty, staff, students, alums--onto an easily searchable database. Rumors and affairs immediately leak, but things turn explosive when Kit Manning's handsome husband, Dr. Greg Strasser, is found murdered. Kit's sister, Willa, returns for the funeral, setting foot in a hometown she fled fifteen years ago, after a night she wishes she could forget. As an investigative reporter, Willa knows something isn't right about the night Greg was killed, and she's determined to find the truth. What she doesn't expect is that everyone has something to hide. And with a killer on the loose, Willa and Kit must figure out who killed Greg before someone else is murdered.
Told from multiple points of view, Reputation is full of twists, turns, and shocking reveals. It's a story of intrigue, sabotage, and the secrets we keep--and how far we go to keep them hidden. Number one bestseller Sara Shepard is at the top of her game in this brand-new adult novel.
Aldrich University is rocked to its core with scandal and intrigue when a hacker dumps 40,000 people's emails--the entire faculty, staff, students, alums--onto an easily searchable database. Affairs and scandals immediately start leaking, but these emails become ticking time bombs that explode when Kit Manning's handsome husband, Dr. Greg Strasser, is murdered. Kit's sister, Willa, flies home to help, returning to a hometown she fled fifteen years ago...after a night she wishes she could forget. Willa, an investigative reporter, knows something is not quite right and is determined to find the truth--of what happened the night Greg was murdered, and of the secrets that are hiding in every house in town. With a killer on the loose, and families breaking apart seemingly by the minute, Willa and Kit have to figure out who killed Greg before the body count starts to rise.
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Publishers Weekly Review
The murder of cardiac surgeon Greg Strasser in the home he shared with his fund-raiser wife, Kit Manning-Strasser, and his two stepdaughters propels this exceptional suspense novel from Shepard (The Elizas). Days earlier, a massive hack of the email system of Pittsburgh's Aldrich University revealed explicit correspondence from the victim's secret affair. Sharing the narration are a number of women whom Greg's death touches, including Kit; Kit's jealous, opportunistic coworker, Lynn Godfrey; Greg's colleague, nurse, and new mother Laura Apatrea; and Kit's distant sister, investigative reporter Willa Manning, who confronts her own history while helping to exonerate Kit. By giving each woman more than sufficient motivation to have killed Greg (Lynn and Laura also have reason to suspect their spouses) and making them sympathetic, the author ensures that the reader is pulled between revulsion and the urge to accept each one's self-justifications for her behavior. In this viscerally satisfying thriller, Shepard forces readers to contemplate the inescapable aftereffects of impulsive poor choices. Agent: Andy McNicol, WME. (Dec.)Booklist Review
In this fifth adult novel (after The Elizas, 2018) from the New York Times best-selling author of the YA series Pretty Little Liars, the smug women of a college town learn who their colleagues and husbands really are after elite Aldrich University's emails are hacked. Everyone's bad judgment and misdeeds, including those of faculty, staff, students, and alums, are available for the world to see. The initial gasps turn sinister as both petty and deadly acts of revenge are played out. Shepard throws every cliché imaginable at the reader and then artfully massages them into a brilliant narrative told in the voices of the many women involved in the story who, having managed to make victims of one sort or another of themselves, all emerge victorious, each in her own fashion. Kit Manning's surgeon husband, outed as a total lech, is found murdered, and Kit's reputation is further battered by the reemergence of rumors that the surgeon allowed Kit's first husband die on the operating table. Kit's sister reluctantly returns to help, despite the painful and secret memories she holds of Aldrich. Everyone is hiding a closetful of secrets, which, when finally revealed, provide some excellent misdirection and a few OMG moments, until one final and shocking truth emerges. Fans of domestic suspense will devour this one.--Jane Murphy Copyright 2010 BooklistKirkus Book Review
When a mysterious hacker exposes sensitive emails at Aldrich University, everyone's secrets are laid bare to public scrutiny. But no one saw surgeon Greg Strasser's murder coming.The data breach reveals Blue Hill, Pennsylvania, to be a veritable Peyton Place of disgrace, including extramarital affairs, testing scandals, and fraternity rape accusations. Hidden in Greg's trash folder are emails to a "Lolita Bovary" that cast him as certainly a philanderer and quite possibly a pedophile. After the Aldrich Giving Gala, Greg's wife, Kit, awakens from a drunken stupor to discover him stabbed in the kitchen. Could she have killed him out of rage? Or perhaps it was Kit's ambitious co-worker Lynn, eager to push Kit off the corporate ladder by framing her for murder? Then again, where was Lynn's husband that night? And who is Lolita? Kit's daughter, Sienna, is certainly sad about her stepfather's death, but her friend Raina's grief seems suspiciously excessive. Meanwhile, Kit's sister, Willa, is back in town. An investigative reporter with secrets in her own past, Willa is loath to stay a minute past the funeral reception, but how can she refuse to help Kit stay out of jail? With nods to Big Little Lies as well as her own Pretty Little Liars series, Shepard (The Elizas, 2018, etc.) brilliantly hides the identity of the true villain in the gaps between characters. An Agatha Christie for the 21st century, Shepard masterfully crafts a prestigious town rife with hidden temptation and sin. So Willa gets her chance to play Miss Marple, albeit a much younger, hipper version, and her sleuthing deftly exposes unexpected links between characters. From chapter to chapter, Shepard's plotting breathlessly careens between characters, with each cliffhanger swiftly answered by another, ratcheting up the stakes until the killer is finally unmasked.A fast-paced, twisty-turny mystery perfect for a cozy weekend read. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.Author notes provided by Syndetics
Sara Shepard is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Pretty Little Liars series, The Lying Game, The Heiresses , The Elizas , and The Perfectionists .There are no comments on this title.