Books by Jane Stanton Hitchcock

Murder, blackmail, and betrayal, all set against the glittering backdrop of Washington society.TheToday ShowNo one knows the world of high society better that New York Times bestselling author Jane Stanton Hitchcockand no one captures its behind-the-scenes scandals and secrets better. In Mortal Friends, the Edgar Award-nominated author of Trick of the Eye and Social Crimes offers readers a comedy of manners and murders which Barbara Goldsmith describes as a dizzying dash through the heights of Washington society, a high velocity novel with more twists than a corkscrew. Dominick Dunne said, I had a great weekend with this book. Find out how the other half liveand dieby spending some quality time with Mortal Friends.

A rare book collector in New York City receives a grimoire, a medieval book of black magic; shortly afterward, he is murdered. His daughter, Beatrice O'Connell, believes that the grimoire is connected to the murder and vows to discover how and why.