The Two Mrs. Grenvilles - by Dominick Dunne (Paperback)

About the Book

When fortune heir Billy Grenville sees showgirl Ann Arden, it is love at first sight. Much to the horror of his mother, he marries her. But a gunshot propels Ann into a notorious spotlight--as the two Mrs. Grenvilles enter into a conspiracy of silence that will bind them together forever.

Book Synopsis

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "Murder most swank . . . required reading."--Vanity Fair

When Navy ensign Billy Grenville, heir to a vast New York fortune, sees showgirl Ann Arden on the dance floor, it is love at first sight. And much to the horror of Alice Grenville--the indomitable family matriarch--he marries her. Ann wants desperately to be accepted by high society and become the well-bred woman of her fantasies. But a gunshot one rainy night propels Ann into a notorious spotlight--as the two Mrs. Grenvilles enter into a conspiracy of silence that will bind them together for as long as they live. . . .

"This is a candy box of a book. . . . Composed of just the right measure of sex, glamour, [and] passion."--Cosmopolitan

Review Quotes

"A LUSCIOUS NOVEL."
--Cosmopolitan

"STEAMY."
--Newsday

"COMPELLING."
--Liz Smith
New York Daily News

"DIVERTING."
--Glamour

"SIZZLING."
--Copley News Wire

About the Author

Dominick Dunne is an internationally acclaimed journalist and the bestselling author of both fiction and nonfiction, including Another City, Not My Own; A Season in Purgatory; An Inconvenient Woman; People Like Us; and The Mansions of Limbo.