The Really Dead Wives of New Jersey: A Novel

A propulsive page-turning thriller following the hit reality TV show Garden State Goddesses where secrets are uncovered, intense rivalries surface, and a startling murder propels a producer on a riveting quest for the truth. Meet the Garden State Goddesses, the cast of Huzzah's third most popular show: "I may play for both teams, but when it comes to being real, I always bring my A game." -Renee Ricci "When life gives me lemons, I make citron presse on my yacht in Saint- Tropez." -Birdie St. Clair "I don't bite, but I do scratch, and these talons are 100 percent Italian." -Carmela Fontana When Hope Bennett marries Carmela's brother Leo she not only becomes a Fontana, but a Garden State Goddess-and not everyone is happy. Secrets will be revealed, decades-long rivalries will surface, and a sudden murder will lead to a reality reckoning no one is prepared for, least of all the show's producer Eden who must race to catch a killer and save the most dramatic season of all time. "Secrets, gallows humor, campy reality TV stars, and an Instagram gossip account called 'Shady Di'-Astrid Dahl's?The Really Dead Wives of New Jersey?is the kind of book I wanted to live inside. LOLing and gasping my way through, I nearly wished I'd written it myself!" -Anna Dorn, author of Perfume & Pain