On Tour 07/09/25-07/29/25 “El Dorado Drive” by Megan Abbott

Release Date: June 24, 2025

About The Book:

All I want is to be innocent again. But that’s not how it works. Especially not after the Wheel.

When Harper moves in with her sister Pam, she’s surprised to find Pam doing so well financially after her messy divorce. After all, Pam’s ex-husband wiped their bank accounts, even stole from their kids. But Pam managed to find her way back. Thanks to the Wheel…

Twice a month, the women of the Wheel meet. New members bring cash to the party that is pooled together and then gifted to one lucky member. It’s all about giving back. Lifting each other up. As women should. As they must.

But when Harper is invited, with the promise of an end to her financial burdens, the sisters inadvertently unleash a darkness lurking within the group. If they’re not careful, it might just get them killed.

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

About The Author:

Megan Abbott is the Edgar award-winning author of eleven 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, now streaming on Netflix. Her latest novel, Beware the Woman, is now in paperback.

Social Media:

Website: https://www.meganabbott.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MeganAbbottBooks/

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GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/29593.Megan_Abbott

Book Blurbs:

“El Dorado Drive is a silky devious ride. It’s suspenseful as all hell but also beautifully observed and filled with trenchant observations about the price of greed and the debilitating weight of modern womanhood.”—Dennis Lehane, #1 New York Times bestselling author

“Tense, chilling and beautifully written, El Dorado Drive is an absolute knockout.”—Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Twice

“Layer by magnetic layer, Megan Abbott reveals the story of a family coming undone beneath the paralyzing weight of material pressures. Abbott is a skilled storyteller and El Dorado Drive is a smart, twisty, and riveting family drama.”—Karin Slaughter, #1 international and New York Timesbestselling author

“As surprising and electrifying as a summer storm, El Dorado Drive deftly examines hope, need, greed and the complicated angles of sisterhood. It is suspenseful, beautifully written and, quite simply, exquisite.” —Gillian Flynn, New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl

“El Dorado Drive is a dizzying ephemeral journey where Megan confirms what many of us already knew. She is one the finest writers to ever put pen to paper in the crime genre. A rare tour de force.” —S.A. Cosby, author of All the Sinners Bleed

“Sharp, shocking, beautiful and brilliant. El Dorado Drive is a thrilling, clever and powerful story of family, class, money and morality. Megan Abbott is a phenomenal storyteller.” —Chris Whitaker, author of All the Colors of the Dark

“[Abbott] effortlessly excels at exploring the complexities of women’s relationships with suspenseful, atmospheric storytelling. Unsettling and darkly clever.”—Library Journal, starred review

“[A] nerve-shredding thriller. . . Abbott probes the minefield of sisterhood to harrowing effect, using staccato prose to amplify the inherent apprehension and anxiety of the siblings’ relationships. The result is a tense and twisty delight.”—Publishers Weekly

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