Cover Story
Cover Story by Susan Rigetti is a reprint edition published by HarperCollins Publishers on April 25, 2023, featuring 368 pages in English. This novel follows Lora Ricci, an aspiring writer who, after a challenging year at NYU, secures a summer internship at ELLE magazine. There, she forms a complex friendship with Cat Wolff, a contributing editor and daughter of a clean-energy mogul. As Lora becomes more involved in Cat’s life, she is drawn into a world of glamour and deception that ultimately reveals the darker side of their relationship.
Readers will find a narrative that explores themes of ambition, friendship, and the intricacies of family life through a unique format that includes diary entries, emails, and FBI correspondence. Cover Story delves into the dynamics of power and deceit, offering sharp observations about contemporary scam culture. The book presents a fresh perspective on the coming-of-age experience, highlighting the challenges faced by young adults navigating their aspirations and the complexities of their relationships.
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Netflix’s Inventing Anna and Hulu’s The Dropout meets Catch Me If You Can in this captivating novel about an ambitious young woman who gets trapped in a charismatic con artist’s scam.
A Most Anticipated Book by Entertainment Weekly, Marie Claire, Parade, New York Post, Shondaland, E!, Fortune, PopSugar, and more!
“It’s exciting, it’s surprising, it’s satisfying, it’s darkly funny, and it will keep you guessing.”–Linda Holmes for Today.com
After a rough year at NYU, aspiring writer Lora Ricci is thrilled to land a summer internship at ELLE magazine where she meets Cat Wolff, contributing editor and enigmatic daughter of a clean-energy mogul. Cat takes Lora under her wing, soliciting her help with side projects and encouraging her writing.
As a friendship emerges between the two women, Lora opens up to Cat about her financial struggles and lost scholarship. Cat’s solution: Drop out of NYU and become her ghostwriter. Lora agrees and, when the internship ends, she moves into Cat’s suite at the opulent Plaza Hotel. Writing during the day and accompanying Cat to extravagant parties at night, Lora’s life quickly shifts from looming nightmare to dream-come-true. But as Lora is drawn into Cat’s glamorous lifestyle, Cat’s perfect exterior cracks, exposing an illicit, shady world.
A whip-smart and delightfully inventive writer, Susan Rigetti brilliantly pieces together a perceptive, humorous caper full of sharp observations about scam culture. Composed of diary entries, emails, FBI correspondence, and more, Cover Story is a fresh, fun, and wholly original novel that takes readers deep into the codependency and deceit found in a relationship built on power imbalance and lies.
“[A] page-turner that’s hilarious in its dedication to vamping on viral news stories about real-life strivers and cons from Delvey to Instagram personality Caroline Calloway … a delicious read.”–TIME magazine
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