Social Crimes

<p><strong><em>New York Times</em> bestselling author Jane Stanton Hitchcock's <em>Social Crimes</em> is a riveting thriller of manners obsession and revenge that scales the heights and plumbs the depths of the New York social scene.</strong><br/> <br/>When Jo Slater one of New York's premier socialites and a patron of the arts befriends a French countess she ignores warnings from friends about the mysterious newcomer. Soon the young woman knocks Jo off her Park Avenue throne. But using her knowledge of the greatest historical swindle of all time--a true story involving Marie Antoinette--Jo sets out to reclaim her fortune and her place in society.<br/> <br/>For the plan to work however she must resort to the most desperate of measures: murder. <em>Social Crimes</em> is a savvy social satire bursting with money betrayal and passion that will thrill readers of sophisticated mysteries.</p>