Gowns. Champagne. Murder.
Hollywood, but make it French, for twelve days straight, as the red carpet rolls out to the riviera for the Cannes Film Festival. The most famous people are all here to celebrate themselves, while the rest of the world watches in awe. And with a heavy dose of envy, at least for three young, ambitious, talented women who can't seem to climb up from the bottom rung of the Hollywood ladder. As they swirl in the glitz of Cannes, the VIP invitations seem so hard to come by, and the A-list so far away. It's enough to drive them a little crazy. Enough to make them snap and do things they might―or definitely will―regret.
It's a good thing they're invisible . . . until a multi-million-dollar necklace vanishes and a dead body is found floating in the Mediterranean Sea. Then, the heat of the spotlight turns up so hot that they have nowhere to hide. Now their biggest dreams are even further out of reach. Or can you get away with theft and murder if you want it badly enough?
Praise for We Would Never Tell
"Glitz, glamour, and gossip―but make it dark. We Would Never Tell is a spellbinding story about the pursuit of success and what it costs to be―and remain―in the spotlight. With an irresistible setting and compelling characters who make questionable choices, Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau reminds us that ambition and desperation create quite a deadly cocktail."
Megan Collins, author of Cross My Heart and The Family Plot
"I just found the cure for your next reading slump. Here we have the story of three scrappy women who aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty in order to realize their dreams. The gossip! The fashion! The scenery! Jouhanneau transports you to Cannes with a plot that grabs you by the throat and refuses to let go. We Would Never Tell is sequins wrapped in barbed wire―a nasty little confection."
Stephanie Wrobel, internationally bestselling author of The Hitchcock Affair
“Delicious and wickedly fun, this twisty suspense novel set against the glamour of the Cannes Film Festival delivers characters you’ll root for and a plot that keeps you turning the pages. What a treat!”
Wendy Walker, USA Today bestselling author of Blade
"These characters are going to make you squirm, cringe, and gasp, and you’ll be begging for more. When it comes to thrillers set in France, I trust no one more than Jouhanneau!"
Jesse Q. Sutanto, bestselling author of the Vera Wong series
"We Would Never Tell delights like the first crisp bite of stolen champagne. The novel dances between before and after the crime, but more importantly between people so desperate for more. And their stories are captivating. Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau keeps readers on edge and guessing as we wonder, could we survive fame? Deft character work makes every terrible choice more believable than the last."
Chelsea Conradt, USA Today Bestselling author of The Farmhouse
"Set against the glittering backdrop of the Cannes Film Festival, We Would Never Tell exposes the ruthless ambition and quiet betrayals hiding behind the flashbulbs. When a necklace goes missing and a body turns up in the bay, three women find themselves entangled in a web of suspicion where no one is above scrutiny. Jouhanneau delivers a tightly wound, sun-soaked thriller that slips beneath your skin—and ends with a sting."
Kimberly Belle, internationally bestselling author of The Expat Affair
"Glitz and glamour meet total desperation in this page-turning thriller about three women trying to scrape their way into the spotlight. The Cannes setting is deliciously decadent, and the secrets and lies and manipulations will have readers guessing both who dies and 'whodunit' until the very end."
Jenna Satterthwaite, author of Made for You and The New Year's Party
"The heart of the story is its breezy, Emily in Paris–style plotting, which critiques the sexism of the film industry and an internet culture that embraces gossip and provocation over nuance and context. VERDICT A fun and thoughtful book that fans of Liane Moriarty’s Big Little Lies and Chandler Baker’s Whisper Network will enjoy."
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