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.

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"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

"Tense, chilling and beautifully written, El Dorado Drive is an absolute knockout." --Harlan Coben, New York Times bestselling author of Think Twice

"El Dorado Drive is a dizzying ephemeral journey where Megan Abbott 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, New York Times bestselling author of My Darkest Prayer

"Megan Abbott is a modern master, and I'll read anything she writes." --Washington Post

"Abbott, a pro at exploring the underbelly of suburbia, mines the desperation of those both fallen from wealthy heights and mired in tricky family dynamics." --Boston Globe

"[Abbott] effortlessly excels at exploring the complexities of women's relationships with suspenseful, atmospheric storytelling. Unsettling and darkly clever." --Library Journal (starred review)

"The latest buzzy thriller from the always excellent author . . . Twisty and addictive, you can almost picture the Netflix documentary that will inevitably get made about these characters." --Paste

"Abbott, a pro at exploring the underbelly of suburbia, mines the desperation of those both fallen from wealthy heights and mired in tricky family dynamics." --Boston Globe

"Abbott strikes gold again with this taut, suspenseful story . . . Another top-flight thriller from a genre master." --Booklist

"Abbott is among the most gifted stylists at work in crime fiction today, and she brings a poetic appreciation for flawed humanity to her new novel, which is as atmospheric and compelling as any of her best books."--Crime Reads

"[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

"Abbott is the queen of charged atmospheres, where a restrained surface often hides a torrent of deception." --Kirkus

"Abbott + women + pyramid scheme = winner, winner, chicken dinner." --Los Angeles Times

"For fans of suspense, sister stories, and crime!" --BookRiot

"Abbott is one of the reigning queens of suspense and her latest promises to be another dark knockout." --Lit Hub

"If you're not reading Megan Abbott already, you need to fix that, fast . . . Her latest, a heady brew of female complexities, a cracked risk-versus-reward calculation, and more than a little desperation, proves--in darkly suspenseful ways--that still waters do indeed run deep." --Amazon Book Review

"Sisterhood and suspense -- the dynamic duo. A twisty, unexpected plot pairs with meaningful explorations of female friendship to create a read that is equal parts emotionally satisfying and propulsive." --Barnes & Noble, Best Books of June

"Megan is the reigning queen of feminist neo-noir that's equal parts brainy and suspenseful, and every single time she publishes a new novel it's an occasion." --The Maris Review

"Abbott's novels are exactly what I want to read during the summer (or really, any season): beautifully written page-turners embedded with razor-sharp insights about what it means to be a woman in today's world." --Rowan Beaird, WBEZ NPR

"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 Times bestselling author of This is Why We Lied

"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, New York Times bestselling author of Small Mercies

"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

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons

Pub date: 2025-06-24

Length: 368 pages