Bury Me Deep

Edgar Award-winning author and "reigning crown princess of noir" (Booklist) Megan Abbott reignites in Bury Me Deep the hothouse of jealousy, illicit sex, shifting loyalties, and dark perversions of power that marked a true-life case born of Depression-era Phoenix, reimagined here as a timeless portrait of the dark side of desire.

By the author of Dare Me and The End of Everything

In October 1931, a station agent found two large trunks abandoned in Los Angeles's Southern Pacific Station. What he found inside ignited one of the most scandalous tabloid sensations of the decade.

Inspired by this notorious true crime, Edgar(R)-winning author Megan Abbott's novel Bury Me Deep is the story of Marion Seeley, a young woman abandoned in Phoenix by her doctor husband. At the medical clinic where she finds a job, Marion becomes fast friends with Louise, a vivacious nurse, and her roommate, Ginny, a tubercular blonde. Before long, the demure Marion is swept up in the exuberant life of the girls, who supplement their scant income by entertaining the town's most powerful men with wild parties. At one of these events, Marion meets--and falls hard for--the charming Joe Lanigan, a local rogue and politician on the rise, whose ties to all three women bring events to a dangerous collision.

A story born of Jazz Age decadence and Depression-era desperation, Bury Me Deep--with its hothouse of jealousy, illicit sex and shifting loyalties--is a timeless portrait of the dark side of desire and the glimmer of redemption.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 07/07/2009
ISBN: 9781416599098
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.70d
Award: Edgar Allan Poe Awards - Nominee
Award: L.A. Times Book Prize - Finalist
Award: Macavity Award - Nominee
Award: Anthony Awards - Nominee

Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 03/01/2009 pg. 58
Publishers Weekly 04/27/2009 pg. 108
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2009
Booklist 06/01/2009 pg. 40
Library Journal 06/15/2009 pg. 64
Romantic Times 08/01/2009 pg. 85 - Excellent