Book description
"A seductive page-turner" about a murderously ambitious cable-news star by the New York Times-bestselling author of Labor Day (The New York Times Book Review).
Local weather reporter Suzanne Maretto craves nothing more than to transcend life at her suburban cable television news station and follow in the footsteps of her…
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1 author picked To Die For as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I loved the movie with Nicole Kidman, and I loved the book by Joyce Maynard, too!
It’s not exactly a true factual account of how New Hampshire school teacher Pamela Smart got her teenage lover to murder her husband in 1990. But the book is clearly inspired by that sensational news event. Sex, murder, betrayal, adultery–this book has it all.
It's an even better fictional story than the real story it came from.
From Dana's list on books that are ripped from the headlines by a headline writing journalist.
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