One Dangerous Lady [Audio CD]

Jane Stanton Hitchcock (Author), Barbara Rosenblat (Narrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 2005

No one brings alive the intrigues of the champagne set like Jane Stanton Hitchcock. Now Jo Slater, the wily heroine of her best-selling novel Social Crimes, returns in a dazzling new story of passion, money, and murder. Jo is in Barbados, preoccupied by the notion of a new romance with a dashing English lord, when Russell Cole, a fabulously wealthy art collector, disappears from his yacht. Jo suspects that Russell's wife knows a great deal more about her husband's disappearance than she is letting on. Back in New York, Jo discovers that a figure from her own past continues to put her at great risk and that neither the urbane lord nor her missing friend's wife is what they appear to be.
Another set of secrets from the gilded world of New York society is revealed in a unique blend of wicked social satire combined with a page-turning mystery. One Dangerous Lady is Jane Stanton Hitchcock at her sly, bewitching, and devilish best.

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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

New York grande dame Jo Slater, whose riches-to-rags-to-riches story entertained readers of Social Crimes, returns in Hitchcock's latest smart, genuinely funny novel to take on a sociopath socialite cutting a vicious swathe across Manhattan society. A Barbados wedding becomes the scandal of the year when the host, Russell Cole, a billionaire art collector with a psychiatric history, disappears off his yacht, and Jo puzzles over the suspect behavior of his much-younger second wife, Carla, an Italian with a shady past. Upon their return to New York, Carla angles for Jo's solidarity, but Jo, insightful and caustic, won't have any. Social life is hard work for these women, and Jo is soon vying for the upper hand in a deadly, high-stakes game with this ruthless social climber. (For Jo, a dinner party invitation from Carla heralds the "long reign of a rival queen in whose court I may very well become a prisoner.") Despite Jo's opposition, Carla achieves an exclusive co-op apartment (which she decorates "rococo-a-gogogo"), a seat on the board of the Municipal Museum along with Jo's resignation from said board, even Jo's romantic interest, Lord Max Vermillion. From Jo's first wry comment to her final maneuver, Hitchcock will have readers rooting for her to vanquish her nemesis. (July)
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Review

"One Dangerous Lady is a delicious dark truffle to devour in one bite." -- Barbara Goldsmith

"One Dangerous Lady is one terrific book." -- Christopher Buckley

"A sleek and villainous tale." -- Dominick Dunne

"Deliciously dark... a killer read." -- People

"Hitchock's mysteries are savvy social satires and well-constructed clocks, ticking down to nail-biting climaxes." -- New York Post

"Jane Stanton Hitchcock is back and better than ever!" -- Linda Fairstein

"Pure pleasure for suspense fans." -- Kirkus Reviews

"Riveting... She exposes the dark secrets of a rarified society." -- New York Post --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks; Unabridged edition (July 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786179430
• ISBN-13: 978-0786179435
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 6.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,672,717 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Summer Read!, June 22, 2005

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E. Dyment (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: One Dangerous Lady (Hardcover)

This book was so much fun and so easy to read. I couldn't put it down. I think I read it in three sittings -- would have been two sittings if I hadn't had to go pick up kids from little league. The hijinx of all levels of society -- jealousy, revenge, sex games, murder -- are somehow much more fascinating to read about in the billionaire set! Dripping with blood AND diamonds is, after all, a much more fun read than just plain dripping with blood. Anybody can do that. The author knows the New York social scene inside and out. She has a light touch and great characters. I really loved the prequel to this book, it was called SOCIAL CRIMES. People should read that one first and then this one. They are both really fabulous and would take hardly any time at the beach.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An Easy Breezy Summertime Read, July 20, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: One Dangerous Lady (Hardcover)

This novel serves as a sequal of sorts for Jo Slater, the star of "Social Crimes," Jane Stanton Hitchcock's highly enjoyable novel. Like it's predecessor this novel involves social climbing on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and the lengths that people will go to in order to stay on top.

While fun, easy, breezy and quite enjoyable "One Dangerous Lady" is not as good as "Social Crimes." It lacks some of the depth of the first novel and features a pared down cast of characters.

Regardless, considering the amount of literary trash being produced today, this novel is fun and light and is recommended as a beach book par excellence!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Too talky, July 9, 2006

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Steve Umstead "Jesse's Parents" (Amherst, VA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: One Dangerous Lady (Hardcover)

This is the first and only book I've read by Hitchcock and I couldn't fininsh it.
There was so much repitious dialogue and little forward plot movement.
Dissapointing!