Party Girls Die in Pearls
Publisher,Bloomsbury
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Format, Paperback
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No. of Pages, 352
Nancy Mitford meets Clueless, with a touch of Agatha Christie, in this tale of cocktails, murder and mayhem in 1980s Oxford.
Oxford, 1985. Ursula Flowerbutton, a fresher and wide-eyed country girl, arrives for her first term at the famous university. What she hasn't bargained on is finding a body. Oh, crumpets.
Who killed the beautiful India Brattenbury? With the help of her fellow fresher, glamorous American Nancy Feingold, Ursula sets off to unravel the mystery. The girls' investigations lead them into a world of black-tie parties and dining societies, sex and secrets. Ursula soon realises that Oxford's not all Pimm's and punting. From broken-hearted boyfriends to snobby Sloanes, lovelorn librarians to dishy dons, none can be presumed innocent.
About the Author
Plum Sykes was born in London in 1969. She was educated at Oxford, and started her career as an intern at British Vogue in London, before landing a job as a fashion writer at American Vogue. Her first comic novel, Bergdorf Blondes, was published in 2004 and became a bestseller in the UK and in many other countries. Party Girls Die in Pearls, her third novel, was published in 2016. She has written various teleplays and screenplays, and continues to work for American Vogue as a Contributing Editor.
