Dirty Secrets Club

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 victims body, but the victims life. Jos 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 groupuntil she receives a letter that contains a dark secret Jo thought shed 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, youre going to think Meg Gardiner is a gift from heaven. Stephen KingA winner in every way. The Dirty Secrets Club is nuanced and layeredand a harrowing thriller. Meg Gardiner makes every one of her characters leap alive off the page. Jeffery DeaverMeg Gardiner is an astonishing writer, and The Dirty Secrets Club is a humdinger of a thriller, with shocks and twists galore. I couldnt turn the pages fast enough. Tess Gerritsen