THE GIMLET SLIP

A headstrong, fast-driving young woman gets pulled into a dangerous bootlegging scheme in this thrilling novella set in glamorous and gritty Prohibition-era New York City.

New York, 1933: America is in its second decade of Prohibition, and its citizens have never been thirstier. Lydia Gardiner is the infamous queenpin of a criminal empire. From her penthouse in New York City's ritzy Plaza Hotel, Lydia deals in all the city's favorite vices - illegal liquor, drugs, women - ruling with an iron fist, a cold heart, and a knack for beating her coarse male counterparts at their own game. Jo Hayes is an impulsive young woman determined to forge a life as an auto mechanic, but instead finds herself drawn into Lydia's orbit following a disastrous car accident. As Lydia takes Jo under her wing, they get pulled into a daring heist that just might bring down the city's biggest bootlegger. That is, if they can escape the watchful eye of an up-and-coming NYPD detective with a score to settle. But as the two women flit between shady billiard halls and glitzy soirees, straddling New York's highest society and seamiest underworld, they will soon learn that nothing is quite what it seems - and everyone has a hidden agenda. Fiona Davis is the New York Times bestselling author of seven novels, including The Magnolia Palace, The Spectacular, and The Lions of Fifth Avenue, which was a Good Morning America Book Club pick. She lives in New York City and is a graduate of the Columbia Journalism School. Greg Wands is the internationally bestselling co-author, along with Elizabeth Keenan, of three novels under the pen name E.G. Scott, including The Woman Inside and The Rule of Three. Their books have been translated into a dozen languages and have been featured in Entertainment Weekly, Buzzfeed, Real Simple and InStyle. He's based in New York City.