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About The Book
When Pomona Afton, Upper East Side hotel heiress, stumbles out of a gala and upon the scene of her grandmother’s murder, her first thought is that the society queen won’t be missed for her kind, cookie-baking ways. In fact, she was mean, greedy, and paranoid—so paranoid that she secretly slipped a clause into her will mandating that, should she die an unnatural death, all the family assets get frozen. And if the “unnatural death” isn’t explained? Those accounts stay frozen.
Practically overnight, Pomona is locked out of her penthouse with no other option than to move in with a roommate: Gabe, the irritable (yet handsome) son of her former nanny. Not only is his apartment cramped, but it doesn’t even have a doorman. Or a chef! Pom needs someone to solve this murder, like, yesterday, so she can get her trust fund back.
And Gabe? He needs this murder solved because that’s the only way his mother, who toiled for the Afton family for years, will ever get the retirement money she deserves. As Pom’s family clams up, blocking the police at every turn, Pom quickly realizes that if she wants her glamorous life back, she’s going to have to put on her big-girl Manolos and do it herself…with the help of Gabe, who she’s falling for more and more by the day.
Can Pomona Afton (who previously couldn’t solve a crossword in the bath on a hungover Sunday) actually solve this murder? And if she does return to her former life of luxury, will it be worth the possibility of losing Gabe?
Product Details
- Publisher: Atria/Emily Bestler Books (March 18, 2025)
- Length: 256 pages
- ISBN13: 9781668075678
Raves and Reviews
"Pomona Afton is the perfect antihero you love to hate (but mainly love), and this book is the ultimate chic accessory to murder. A glam and glorious mystery."
– Kat Ailes, critically acclaimed author of THE EXPECTANT DETECTIVES
"Bellamy Rose pens a frolicking riches-to-rags romcozy. Can this spoiled hotel heiress find redemption and a murderer without mussing her manicure? From socialite to sleuth, Pomona Afton will stop at nothing (even if her investigation takes her all the way to the outer boroughs of NYC) to find her grandmother's killer, salvage her trust fund, and discover that she's more than meets the eye."
– Olivia Blacke, author of A NEW LEASE ON DEATH
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