What Goes Around: A Novel - Hardcover

Diamond, Susan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0061137812 ISBN 13: 9780061137815

Publisher: William Morrow, 2007

Synopsis

What goes around comes around . . .

When the body of high-priced call girl Ginger Pass is found dead on a path outside the summer retreat of the most exclusive men's club in California, the other members of her self-help group—Polly, Kat, Charlotte, Dinah, and Justine—are convinced it was foul play. Now they have to find a way to prove it.

Their amateur sleuthing leads them to a trio of rich, powerful men: a politician running on a platform of family values, a divorce lawyer with a trophy wife, and a developer with an unhealthy predilection for expensive art. Hidden behind walls of money, connections, and respectability, these men seem to be untouchable. But little do they know of the plans being set in motion to strike them where it really hurts—in the most private aspects of their lives.

Like Robin Hood's merry men, King Arthur's knights, and the Girl Scouts rolled into one, the adventurous and brave quintet of women will risk everything to bring down the men they believe caused their friend's death. The women know the consequences if they fail. But they don't count on what will happen to their lives if they succeed.

About this title

About the Author:

Susan Diamond was a fellow at the Iowa Writers' Workshop and spent seventeen years at the Los Angeles Times as a feature writer and columnist. She has worked for numerous publications, including The New Yorker, Time, People, and the Village Voice. She lives in Los Angeles, California.

From Booklist:

Former Los Angeles Times writer Diamond has set her first novel among the privileged of L.A. Ginger Pass is the bored wife of a millionaire businessman. She handles her boredom by becoming a high-priced prostitute. Among the few who know her secret are the five women in her therapy group: Charlotte, a lawyer; Kat, an upscale gym-spa owner; Dinah, a doctor; Justine, a county assessor; and Polly, a stock-market whiz. When Ginger dies just outside the fence of an exclusive men's club, the authorities are too quick to rule it an accident. Appalled, the women get the names of the men she was with, including a senatorial candidate, a high-powered divorce lawyer, and a big-shot land developer, and look for their weak spots. Then, they set out to avenge Ginger's death. Along the way, the women find new strength to make changes in their own lives. The pace is a little slow, allowing for the backstories of the five avengers and their personal development. And maybe there are a few convenient coincidences. But the book manages to keep the reader invested and rooting for this team of women to the end. Elizabeth Dickie
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About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0061137812
• ISBN 13: 9780061137815
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368