Bestselling Suspense Author Megan Abbott Presents “El Dorado Drive”

St. Louis County Library Foundation’s Favorite Author Series and The Novel Neighbor present award-winning suspense author Megan Abbott for a discussion and signing of “El Dorado Drive.”

The event will take place on Wednesday, June 25 at 7:00 p.m. at the Clark Family Branch, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63131.

From the New York Times bestselling author of “The Turnout” and “Dare Me” comes a simmering, atmospheric novel of friendship and betrayal, following a women-led pyramid scheme in suburban Detroit.

The three Bishop sisters grew up in privilege in the moneyed suburbs of Detroit. But as the auto industry declined, so did their fortunes. Harper, the youngest, is barely making ends meet when her beloved, charismatic sister Pam—currently in the middle of a contentious battle with her ex-husband—and her eldest sister, Debra, approach her about joining an exciting new club.

The Wheel offers women like themselves—middle-aged and of declining means—a way to make their own money, independent of husbands or families. Quickly, however, the Wheel’s success, and their own addiction to it, leads to greater and greater risks—and a crime so shocking it threatens to bring everything down with it.

Megan Abbott turns her keen eye toward women and money in “El Dorado Drive,” a riveting story about power, vulnerability, and how desperation draws out our most destructive impulses.

MEGAN ABBOTT is the Edgar award-winning author of 11 crime novels, including “You Will Know Me,” “Give Me Your Hand” and the New York Times bestseller “The Turnout,” the winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. She received her Ph.D. in English and American literature from New York University and her writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Guardian, the Paris Review and the Wall Street Journal. “Dare Me,” the series she adapted from her own novel, is now streaming on Netflix. 

Program sites are accessible. With at least two weeks' notice, accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities. Call 314-994-3300 or contact us.