When May Laval, a hostess able to satisfy most appetites, decides to “go public” with her diaries, her good friend Dan Riordan hires public-relations expert Jake Harrison to defend his honor. But when May is found murdered, Jake’s suspicions of Riordan’s perfect alibi send him on a roller-coaster ride through Riordan’s murky past. And even Jake’s hard shell begins to crack as the secrets exposed tell more about “society” than any memoirs might reveal