Murder on the Upper East Side

Scandal never graduates in this glossy thriller set in the world of New York’s ultra-elite, perfect for fans of Gossip Girl and Holly Jackson. 2016: Hannah Miller has begun her senior year at The Prescott Academy of New York alongside the rich and famous of the Upper East Side. Or at least, their children. Among the trust funds and penthouse parties, there’s one rule for survival: staying out of the way of Queen Bees Madison DuPont and Elle Harrington. For Hannah, being a scholarship student makes her invisible. Or so she thinks. 2026: The Academy’s alumni have gathered for a glittering charity gala. Only Madison DuPont could host an event this grand. But what starts as a champagne-fueled party soon descends into chaos when Madison is found dead moments after her speech. It doesn’t take long for fingers to point at Hannah—everyone saw her talking to Madison right before before she died. She shouldn’t even be at the gala. She’s not really one of them. The truth is that everyone had a reason to want Madison dead. From Elle to Madison’s former devotees to the targets of her bullying, it seems like everyone had a complicated history with the Queen Bee of Park Avenue. To clear her name, Hannah must unearth the secrets that this crowd would kill to keep buried.

Gigi Waldorf is the pseudonym of author Kit Frick. Kit is a MacDowell fellow and ITW Thriller Award finalist who spent two glorious decades in New York before returning to her hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As Kit Frick, she is the author of mysteries for adults and teens, including The Split, Friends and Liars, and I Killed Zoe Spanos. Her books have been optioned for film and television and translated into nine languages. Kit loves a good mystery but has only ever killed her characters. Honest.