A breezy retro novel with bite.L.A. Times

A 1970s-Laurel Canyon version ofMy Brilliant Friend.The Atlantic

An electrifying novel about the complicated friendship between two ambitious writers and the ultimate artistic betrayal: one writes a book based upon the others life, revealing everythingfrom the author of Reeses Book Club PickBefore We Were Innocent.

After a steady descent from literary stardom, Lane Warren is back. Shes secured a new book deal based on the life of her sometime friend and, more often, rival Gala Margolis. Lanes only problem is that notorious free spirit Gala has been missing for months.

Ten years earlier, Gala was a charming socialite and Lane was a Hollywood outsider amid the glittering 1960s L.A. party scene. Though they were never best friends, Lane found Gala sharp and compelling. Gala liked that Lane took her