NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Murder most swank . . . required reading.”—Vanity FairWhen Navy ensign Billy Grenville, heir to a vast New York fortune, sees showgirl Ann Arden on the dance floor, it is love at first sight. And much to the horror of Alice Grenville—the indomitable family matriarch—he marries her. Ann wants desperately to be accepted by high society and become the well-bred woman of … and become the well-bred woman of her fantasies. But a gunshot one rainy night propels Ann into a notorious spotlight—as the two Mrs. Grenvilles enter into a conspiracy of silence that will bind them together for as long as they live. . . .
“This is a candy box of a book. . . . Composed of just the right measure of sex, glamour, [and] passion.”—Cosmopolitan
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As far as I am concerned, Dominick Dunne has never written a bad book. Some are just a tad more perfect than others. I have read every book he ever wrote and am now rereading them. “The Two Mrs. Grenvilles” is one of my favorites.
Outstanding novel
I’ve reread this book a lot of times and I never get bored with it. Dominick Dunne is a master of storytelling and keeps your interest throughout his books.
I read this book way back in the 80’s when it first came out and still remember it. I was pleased to see it offered again so I bought it to read a second time. It has so many twists and turns and you are SHOCKED by some of the happenings … at least I was !!!!! Dominick Dunne was a great writer. He knew so many of these people and they told him …
Loved in–fascinating look at “high society”.