El Dorado Drive
'A thrilling, clever and powerful story of family, class, money and morality' (Chris Whitaker)
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Named a Best Book of Summer by the Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, New York Times and CrimeReads
'A thrilling, clever and powerful story of family, class, money and morality. Megan Abbott is a phenomenal storyteller' CHRIS WHITAKER
'Suspenseful, beautifully written and, quite simply, exquisite' GILLIAN FLYNN
'A smart, twisty, and riveting family drama' KARIN SLAUGHTER
'A dark, satisfying delight' IRISH TIMES
'A brutally well-observed suburban thriller' MAIL ON SUNDAY
The thrilling new novel from bestselling writer Megan Abbott: a story about three sisters who join an exclusive women's club which promises to empower its members, but will actually put them in mortal danger...
Pam, Debra and Harper are three sisters who grew up in Detroit when the city was a boom town thanks to the auto industry. Now in mid-life, their lives have faltered in different ways, mirroring the fortunes of their city. Debra's husband needs expensive medical treatment. Pam is in the middle of a nasty divorce. And Harper has a big debt which is also a big secret.
In desperate need of money, support and just some fun, the three sisters join The Wheel, an exclusive women's club that promises financial security. As The Wheel turns, the money flows, the stakes get higher - and then a shocking murder tears everything apart. El Dorado Drive is a nail-biting, brilliantly dark story about class, money, women in mid-life, and the decline of the American dream.
'Tense, chilling and beautifully written, El Dorado Drive is an absolute knockout' HARLAN COBEN
'Suspenseful as all hell but also beautifully observed' DENNIS LEHANE
'An incisive evisceration of the American Dream, served up as a noirish novel about sisters, envy, and innocence. Exhilarating, explosive and hugely entertaining' SARAH HILARY
'A thrilling, clever and powerful story of family, class, money and morality. Megan Abbott is a phenomenal storyteller' CHRIS WHITAKER
'Suspenseful, beautifully written and, quite simply, exquisite' GILLIAN FLYNN
'A smart, twisty, and riveting family drama' KARIN SLAUGHTER
'A dark, satisfying delight' IRISH TIMES
'A brutally well-observed suburban thriller' MAIL ON SUNDAY
The thrilling new novel from bestselling writer Megan Abbott: a story about three sisters who join an exclusive women's club which promises to empower its members, but will actually put them in mortal danger...
Pam, Debra and Harper are three sisters who grew up in Detroit when the city was a boom town thanks to the auto industry. Now in mid-life, their lives have faltered in different ways, mirroring the fortunes of their city. Debra's husband needs expensive medical treatment. Pam is in the middle of a nasty divorce. And Harper has a big debt which is also a big secret.
In desperate need of money, support and just some fun, the three sisters join The Wheel, an exclusive women's club that promises financial security. As The Wheel turns, the money flows, the stakes get higher - and then a shocking murder tears everything apart. El Dorado Drive is a nail-biting, brilliantly dark story about class, money, women in mid-life, and the decline of the American dream.
'Tense, chilling and beautifully written, El Dorado Drive is an absolute knockout' HARLAN COBEN
'Suspenseful as all hell but also beautifully observed' DENNIS LEHANE
'An incisive evisceration of the American Dream, served up as a noirish novel about sisters, envy, and innocence. Exhilarating, explosive and hugely entertaining' SARAH HILARY
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- Published: Jul 08 2025
- Pages: 368
- 236 x 156mm
- ISBN: 9780349020044
Press Reviews
Harlan Coben
Tense, chilling and beautifully written, El Dorado Drive is an absolute knockout
Karin Slaughter
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
Dennis Lehane
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
- Crime Reads, Most anticipated crime books of 2025
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
Chris Whitaker
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
Gillian Flynn, bestselling author of GONE GIRL
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
Sarah Hilary
An incisive evisceration of the American Dream, served up as a noirish novel about sisters, envy, and innocence. Exhilarating, explosive and hugely entertaining
SA Cosby
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
- NPR
Abbott is a superstar of the suspense genre
- Library Journal (starred review)
[Abbott] effortlessly excels at exploring the complexities of women's relationships with suspenseful, atmospheric storytelling. Unsettling and darkly clever
- Booklist
Abbott strikes gold again with this taut, suspenseful story . . . Another top-flight thriller from a genre master
- Publishers Weekly
[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
- Kirkus
Abbott is the queen of charged atmospheres, where a restrained surface often hides a torrent of deception
- Lit Hub
Abbott is one of the reigning queens of suspense and her latest promises to be another dark knockout
- Maris Review
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
- BookPage
Explosive ... Abbott's novels are notable not just for their beautifully penned suspense but also for their nuanced relationships between women
- Boston Globe, Best Books of the Summer
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
- Los Angeles Times
Abbott + women + pyramid scheme = winner, winner, chicken dinner
- Irish Times
A dark, satisfying delight. Abbott's writing has always been hypnotic, projecting a powerful sense of women's inner lives and desires through the prisms of noir and suspense ... Abbott subtly moves her characters through slyly crafted surprises to a satisfying conclusion that betrays none of the book's intoxicating depth
- Los Angeles Times
Leave it to Megan Abbott to tap into the American zeitgeist and play on her readers' fears like a conductor leading a doomsday orchestra . . . Abbott delivers a revolting revelation that sets up a series of twists that propels the story to its inevitable, but no less satisfying, conclusion
- i paper
As much a smart family drama and exploration of class as it is a thriller
- Morning Star
Abbott cements her reputation as a poet of decline and regret, as well as a very fine thriller writer
- Mail on Sunday
A brutally well-observed suburban thriller