Ladykiller

Impetuous heiress Gia has always been unpredictable. Her best friend, Abby, once found her free spirit enchanting, but when Gia marries a man she’s known less than a month, it drives a wedge between them. Hoping to save their friendship, Abby accepts Gia’s invitation to a lavish European birthday celebration but arrives to find that Gia is missing. At Gia’s Greek mansion, Abby discovers a mysterious manuscript that describes Gia’s passionate but troubled relationship. The story evokes disturbing echoes of their past, leading Abby to wonder whether the frightening work is fiction, a cry for help, or perhaps even a confession. Wood makes an intricate, engaging debut with this steamy psychological suspense. Narrators Marcella Black and Hallie Ricardo portray the dual first-person perspectives of the women, whose unreliable narration adds twisty layers to the plot. Black, as Gia, is sultry and seductive; Ricardo, as Abby, is her rational, relatable counterpart.