<div><p>“Are you a Nicci French fan? Then read <i>The Dinner Club.</i>”—<i>Beau Monde</i></p><p>“A thrilling read.”—<i>De Telegraaf</i></p><p>“An exciting novel that is also a morality tale laced with biting satire.”—<i>Het Parool</i></p><p>When Evert dies in his burning villa, everything points to suicide. The other members of the “dinner club,” a group of five women who meet regularly and whose husbands do business together, rally around to support Babette, his grieving widow. But events soon spiral out of control. Within weeks, a member of the club falls from the balcony of a hotel and dies. Something is poisoning their smug world of flashy SUVs, coffee mornings, and wine-filled evenings and bringing death in its wake.</p><p>This is a high-spirited, sexy, and ingeniously plotted tale about people desperate to hang on to the trappings of success—at any cost.</p><p>Imagine <i>Desperate Housewives</i> scripted by Patricia Highsmith. That’s <i>The Dinner Club.</i></p><p> <b>Saskia Noort</b> is a freelance journalist and writes features for, among others, the Dutch editions of <i>Marie Claire</i> and <i>Playboy.</i> Her first thriller, <i>Back to the Coast,</i> was published to great acclaim in 2003. <i>The Dinner Club</i> followed in 2004 and, with over 300,000 copies sold, has topped the Dutch bestseller list.</p></div> Read Less