Succession meets Saltburn in a crackling locked-room thriller of inconceivable wealth, unchecked power, and the secrets poised to bring a powerful family down.
It's 2004 and former reality TV star and party girl Maya Miller has just married the most eligible bachelor on the planet: Colin Sterling, of the globally famous Sterling family whose history of aristocratic titles and land holdings rival a British royal and whose media empire is comparable to the Murdochs. To some, Maya represents the American dream. To others, a gold digger. But when Colin's cousin Arianna, the heiress to the family's immense fortune, is found murdered, Maya is thrust into the spotlight: first as she is revealed to be the next heiress to the fortune, and then as the prime suspect.
Swiftly, the entire Sterling family goes into lockdown at Silver House, the family's ancestral estate in the English countryside. They're told it's for their own safety—but Maya becomes convinced that it's not to keep threats out, but to keep secrets in. Now, she has no choice but to find and expose the truth hidden within the Sterling family, and why Arianna, a girl she had never met, chose her to take her place. But Maya has secrets of her own. And she knows that in order to survive the Sterlings, she'll have to beat them at their own game.
Genre: Mystery
It's 2004 and former reality TV star and party girl Maya Miller has just married the most eligible bachelor on the planet: Colin Sterling, of the globally famous Sterling family whose history of aristocratic titles and land holdings rival a British royal and whose media empire is comparable to the Murdochs. To some, Maya represents the American dream. To others, a gold digger. But when Colin's cousin Arianna, the heiress to the family's immense fortune, is found murdered, Maya is thrust into the spotlight: first as she is revealed to be the next heiress to the fortune, and then as the prime suspect.
Swiftly, the entire Sterling family goes into lockdown at Silver House, the family's ancestral estate in the English countryside. They're told it's for their own safety—but Maya becomes convinced that it's not to keep threats out, but to keep secrets in. Now, she has no choice but to find and expose the truth hidden within the Sterling family, and why Arianna, a girl she had never met, chose her to take her place. But Maya has secrets of her own. And she knows that in order to survive the Sterlings, she'll have to beat them at their own game.
Genre: Mystery
Praise for this book
"A deliciously-addictive page turner full of billionaires behaving badly, tantalizing secrets, and jaw-dropping reveals. Juicy as hell." - Nadine Jolie Courtney
"A delicious thriller about family secrets, old money, and the ruthless wild west of early '00s reality stardom, A Girl Like Us is a crackling, perfectly-paced delight. Anna Sophia McLoughlin masterfully unspools a nail-biting plot against a backdrop of old money, new fame, and the juicy secrets that undergird both." - Jessie Gaynor
"Fellow Elder Millennials prepare to binge A Girl Like Us in all its Succession meets 2008 glory. From reality star to billionaire wife, Maya is dropped into her own inheritance games, and readers will devour the dark secrets and twisted lies that are as big as the bank account at stake." - Vanessa Lillie
"Anna Sophia McLoughlin's A Girl Like Us is the best kind of read, full of beautiful, terrible rich people, criminals and con artists and celebrities, and featuring a heroine we can all get behind. Sharp, clever, juicy and incredibly fun, this book is one part inheritance game, one part whodunnit, and every page an absolute banger. If you're looking for a great read, here it is." - Sarah MacLean
"A Girl Like Us is a captivating, suspenseful tale of marriage, murder, and madness. Anna Sophia McLoughlin crafts a layered, atmospheric look at celebrity, wealth, and vulnerability-and what happens when those closest to us take advantage of it. I didn't want it to end, but I desperately needed to keep reading!" - Clémence Michallon
"Twisty, glamorous, and prickling with tension from the very first page, A Girl Like Us was everything I needed to fill the Succession-sized hole in my heart. The ending left me speechless, and I can't wait to see what Anna Sophia McLoughlin does next." - Sara Ochs
"A glittering mix of Knives Out, Girl, Interrupted, and reality TV in the early aughts, A Girl Like Us is filled with secrets, intrigue, backstabbing characters, and a scrappy heroine you can't help but root for. Delicious!" - Sara Shepard
"Smart, sly, and perfectly suited for the cultural moment. Readers will devour this thriller based around the secrets high-profile people keep...for some, to protect their wealth. For others, to survive." - Megan Shepherd
"This one goes out to the gold diggers! Dripping with snark, jewels, and unrepentant party girls, A Girl Like Us is the perfect mashup of The Inheritance Games and Succession, with a dash of Stone Cold Fox. Pitting a scrappy TV star against her old-money in-laws, this fast-paced, sexy, serpentine mystery charts the ways money makes the world go round, pulling off the triumphant achievement of both critiquing and reveling in the pleasures of the one-percent, equal parts take-down and gossipy drama all the way until its jaw-dropping ending. Fans of rich people behaving badly will gobble this up." - Ashley Winstead
"A delicious thriller about family secrets, old money, and the ruthless wild west of early '00s reality stardom, A Girl Like Us is a crackling, perfectly-paced delight. Anna Sophia McLoughlin masterfully unspools a nail-biting plot against a backdrop of old money, new fame, and the juicy secrets that undergird both." - Jessie Gaynor
"Fellow Elder Millennials prepare to binge A Girl Like Us in all its Succession meets 2008 glory. From reality star to billionaire wife, Maya is dropped into her own inheritance games, and readers will devour the dark secrets and twisted lies that are as big as the bank account at stake." - Vanessa Lillie
"Anna Sophia McLoughlin's A Girl Like Us is the best kind of read, full of beautiful, terrible rich people, criminals and con artists and celebrities, and featuring a heroine we can all get behind. Sharp, clever, juicy and incredibly fun, this book is one part inheritance game, one part whodunnit, and every page an absolute banger. If you're looking for a great read, here it is." - Sarah MacLean
"A Girl Like Us is a captivating, suspenseful tale of marriage, murder, and madness. Anna Sophia McLoughlin crafts a layered, atmospheric look at celebrity, wealth, and vulnerability-and what happens when those closest to us take advantage of it. I didn't want it to end, but I desperately needed to keep reading!" - Clémence Michallon
"Twisty, glamorous, and prickling with tension from the very first page, A Girl Like Us was everything I needed to fill the Succession-sized hole in my heart. The ending left me speechless, and I can't wait to see what Anna Sophia McLoughlin does next." - Sara Ochs
"A glittering mix of Knives Out, Girl, Interrupted, and reality TV in the early aughts, A Girl Like Us is filled with secrets, intrigue, backstabbing characters, and a scrappy heroine you can't help but root for. Delicious!" - Sara Shepard
"Smart, sly, and perfectly suited for the cultural moment. Readers will devour this thriller based around the secrets high-profile people keep...for some, to protect their wealth. For others, to survive." - Megan Shepherd
"This one goes out to the gold diggers! Dripping with snark, jewels, and unrepentant party girls, A Girl Like Us is the perfect mashup of The Inheritance Games and Succession, with a dash of Stone Cold Fox. Pitting a scrappy TV star against her old-money in-laws, this fast-paced, sexy, serpentine mystery charts the ways money makes the world go round, pulling off the triumphant achievement of both critiquing and reveling in the pleasures of the one-percent, equal parts take-down and gossipy drama all the way until its jaw-dropping ending. Fans of rich people behaving badly will gobble this up." - Ashley Winstead
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