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Four women, four ways to revenge…
A Monaco insider reveals what life is like in the world's richest and most secretive enclave, where revenge is best served with a glass of champagne.
Wedged between Southern France and the Mediterranean Sea, the miniature principality of Monaco is a place for aspiration, for comic extremes and for outrageous personalities. Where a businesswoman gets her favourite Chanel suit flown in by private jet. Where Hôtel de Paris serves breakfast to a drunken socialite in a prison cell. Where two Gucci-clad women are behind a string of burglaries.
Against a backdrop of cocktails on superyachts, looking fabulous and feeling empty, this tongue-in-cheek tale revolves around four relatable women who meet by chance in Monte Carlo. After sharing their tales of betrayal, they set up a book club as a cover while they settle each other’s scores. But revenge, like life, doesn’t always go to plan…
The book cover has been designed by one of the UK’s leading illustrators, Patrick Knowles. Knowles is best known for his cover designs for Julian Fellowes and Anthony Horowitz, as well as for Prince William and Kate’s wedding calligraphy.
Here's what readers have to say about this book....
All in Monte Carlo follows the exhilarating highs and lows of the lives and loves of four very different women living in Monaco. Their capers may seem far-fetched but it’s clear the characters and plot are extremely well researched and reflective of the principality itself, where – literally – anything goes. After being betrayed, abused and let down royally by the men in their lives, a doughty female foursome join forces to exact revenge in the most Monegasque ways possible. Whilst one level the novel has a lot in common with the very best of the ‘chick lit’ genre – designer clothes, beautiful people, high-end art and jewellery – it has a dark heart. It does not flinch from exposing the more shadowy side of Monaco: you’re never far from drugs, prostitution, fraud and murder, to say nothing (from the UK perspective at least) of unfair and patriarchal divorce laws. Even the protagonists we are rooting for have their (very) dark sides. Without giving away any plot spoilers, the way in which the various characters and plot lines come together in this must-read book leads to a massively enjoyable and rewarding dénouement, as well as just the hint of a sequel. All in all, it is a hugely entertaining read which will tell you all you need to know about love, Monaco and revenge. This is a joyous book: a lot of fun and a fabulous read. Five stars.
I wanted to like it, but this novel was a disappointment. The writing was clumsy and the use of adjectives made it sound like a high schooler had written it. This book has to be generated by AI.
Humour drier than a Jacob's cracker. It's as if Jane Austen had honed her wit in the 2020s.
Wickedly good fun and eminently quaffable escapism, yet with serious undertones and literary references.
Wickedly good fun and eminently quaffable escapism, yet with serious undertones and literary references.
