//REVIEWS
A most anticipated book from People • Town & Country • Oprah Daily • Lit Hub • Hey Alma • Zibby Owens & more
The Film Stage “A compulsively readable thriller” (April 23, 2025)
Jewish Community Press “New Novels Arrive Just in Time for Spring Reading” (April 16, 2025)
The New Yorker “Best Books We Read This Week” (March 3, 2025)
Shelf Awareness “Weiner’s sharp and witty depiction…is beautiful, suspenseful, and haunting, carefree in style but weighty in subject matter.” (February 28, 2025)
Book Browse “…a nuanced look at coming of age in New York City that takes the bones of a true crime and adds meaningful and emotive depth.”(January 21, 2025)
Kirkus Reviews “Carefully paced and beautifully written, this edgy coming-of-age novel succeeds on all counts.” (Starred review, November 9, 2024)
Booklist “Weiner incisively captures the timbre of the time; the city’s beauty, madness, and terror; the stunning recklessness of young women; and the endless complexities of families.” (November 1, 2024)
Publishers Weekly “Weiner debuts with a lush and thrilling study of preppy teenagers in 1986 New York City, inspired by the real-life slaying of an 18-year-old woman who was found dead in Central Park.” (October 28, 2024)
//INTERVIEWS
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