Cover Story

Netflix’s "Inventing Anna" & Hulu's "The Dropout" meets Catch Me If You Can, a captivating novel about an ambitious young woman who gets trapped in a charismatic con artist’s scam.

A Most Anticipated by Entertainment Weekly, Marie Claire, Parade, New York Post, Shondalanda, E!, Fortune, PopSugar, & more!

“[A] page-turner that’s hilarious in its dedication to vamping on viral news stories about real-life strivers & cons from Delvey to Instagram personality Caroline Calloway … a delicious read.” — TIME magazine

After a rough year at NYU, aspiring writer Lora Ricci is thrilled to land a summer internship at ELLE magazine where she meets Cat Wolff, contributing editor & enigmatic daughter of a clean-energy mogul. Cat takes Lora under her wing, soliciting her help with side projects & encouraging her writing.

As a friendship emerges between the two women, Lora opens up to Cat about her desperate struggles & lost scholarship. Cat’s solution: Drop out of NYU & become her ghostwriter. Lora agrees and, when the internship ends, she moves into Cat’s suite at the opulent Plaza Hotel. Writing during the day & accompanying Cat to extravagant parties at night, Lora’s life quickly shifts from looming nightmare to dream-come-true. But as Lora is drawn into Cat’s glamorous lifestyle, Cat’s perfect exterior cracks, exposing an illicit, shady world.

A whip-smart & delightfully inventive writer, Susan Rigetti brilliantly pieces together a perceptive, humorous caper full of sharp observations about scam culture. Composed of diary entries, emails, FBI correspondence, & more, Cover Story is a fresh, fun, & wholly original novel that takes readers deep into the codependency & deceit found in a relationship built on power imbalance & lies.

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