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SOCIAL CRIMES: A NOVEL

"When Jo Slater, one of the grandest of New York's grande dames and great patron of the arts, befriends a young French countess, trouble begins. Ignoring warnings from friends, Jo abruptly discovers the truth about her mysterious guest. But it is too late. Jo is knocked off her pedestal and the young woman takes her place in society. Dethroned and dispossessed in the world where she once reigned, she sets out to recoup her fortune and reclaim her throne. Using her knowledge of the eighteenth century, she concocts an ingenious scheme based on the greatest historical swindle of all time, a true story involving Marie Antoinette. In order for the scheme to work, however, she must resort to the most desperate of all measures: murder."--Jacket.

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  • "Social crimes"
  • "Social crimes"@it

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  • ""When Jo Slater, one of the grandest of New York's grande dames and great patron of the arts, befriends a young French countess, trouble begins. Ignoring warnings from friends, Jo abruptly discovers the truth about her mysterious guest. But it is too late. Jo is knocked off her pedestal and the young woman takes her place in society. Dethroned and dispossessed in the world where she once reigned, she sets out to recoup her fortune and reclaim her throne. Using her knowledge of the eighteenth century, she concocts an ingenious scheme based on the greatest historical swindle of all time, a true story involving Marie Antoinette. In order for the scheme to work, however, she must resort to the most desperate of all measures: murder."--Jacket."@en
  • ""When Jo Slater, one of the grandest of New York's grande dames and great patron of the arts, befriends a young French countess, trouble begins. Ignoring warnings from friends, Jo abruptly discovers the truth about her mysterious guest. But it is too late. Jo is knocked off her pedestal and the young woman takes her place in society. Dethroned and dispossessed in the world where she once reigned, she sets out to recoup her fortune and reclaim her throne. Using her knowledge of the eighteenth century, she concocts an ingenious scheme based on the greatest historical swindle of all time, a true story involving Marie Antoinette. In order for the scheme to work, however, she must resort to the most desperate of all measures: murder."--Jacket."
  • "Jo Slater is a great patron of the arts, and one of the grandest of New York's grandes dames. But things change when she ignores the warnings of her closest friends and takes a young French countess into her heart and home. By the time Jo discovers the truth about her mysterious guest, it is already too late. Abruptly dethroned and dispossessed--knocked from her pedestal by the treacherous young woman she befriended--Jo finds herself an unwanted visitor in the privileged world she once ruled. But she's not about to surrender her throne and her fortune so easily, reaching back into the eighteenth century to revive an elegant and ingenious scheme involving Marie Antoinette and the greatest swindle in history. But the ultimate success of her endeavors will require the most desperate of all measures: murder."
  • "Jo Slater, one of the most influential women in New York, finds herself dethroned after a young French countess takes advantage of her friendship, so Jo plans an elaborate scheme to reclaim her place at the top of society, but in order to pull it off, she must commit an unthinkable act."@en
  • "Jo Slater sees her position at the top of New York society usurped by a young French countess whom Jo had befriended. Jo plots to win back her position with a scheme based on an eighteenth-century swindle involving Marie Antoinette."@en
  • "When Jo Slater, one of the grandest of New York's grandes dames and great patron of the arts, befriends a young French countess against the warnings of her friends, she's asking for trouble. But by the time Jo discovers the truth about the mysterious newcomer, it's already too late. Abruptly dethroned and dispossessed'knocked from her pedestal by the treacherous young woman she took under her wing'Jo finds herself an outcast in the privileged world she once ruled. But she's not about to surrender her throne and her fortune so easily. Reaching back into the eighteenth century, Jo concocts an elegant and ingenious scheme involving Marie Antoinette and the greatest historical swindle of all time. In order for her plan to work, however, Jo must resort to the most desperate of all measures: murder. A compulsively readable novel that scales the heights and plumbs the depths of the New York social scene, Social Crimes also tells a riveting tale of mystery and manners, obsession and revenge."@en
  • "Als haar man overlijdt, ontdekt een miljonairsvrouw uit de New Yorkse society dat ze is onterfd ten gunste van zijn minnares."
  • "When Jo Slater, one of the grandest of New York's grande dames and great patron of the arts, befriends a young French countess, trouble begins. Ignoring warnings from friends, Jo abruptly discovers the truth about her mysterious guest. But it is too late. Jo is knocked off her pedestal and the young woman takes her place in society. Dethroned and dispossessed in the world where she once reigned, she sets out to recoup her fortune and reclaim her throne. Using her knowledge of the eighteenth century, she concocts an ingenious scheme based on the greatest historical swindle of all time, a true story involving Marie Antoinette. In order for the scheme to work, however, she must resort to the most desperate of all measures: murder."

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  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories, American"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Large type books"
  • "Suspense fiction"
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
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  • "Crimes en société : roman"
  • "Onder ons"
  • "Sussurri e crimini"@it
  • "Sussurri e crimini"
  • "Suksan wan khāttakam = Social crimes"
  • "SOCIAL CRIMES: A NOVEL"@en
  • "Suksan wan khāttakam"@th
  • "Social crimes"@en
  • "Social crimes"
  • "Seurapiirimurhia"@fi
  • "Social Crimes: A Novel"
  • "Hennes hämnd : roman"@sv
  • "สุขสันต์วันฆาตกรรม"
  • "Hennes hämnd"@sv
  • "<&gt"@th

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