The St. Tropez Lonely Hearts Club: A Novel

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Contessa Carlotta di Ponti, stunningly beautiful and filthy rich, has finally escaped her abusive marriage and is looking to find true love in St. Tropez. The party season kicks off with a spectacular bash at billionaire Harry Silver's palatial mansion, but tragedy soon strikes. Could seemingly innocuous events - a bad oyster, a fatal wasp sting, a faulty funicular - mean something more sinister for the bejewelled citizens of St. Tropez? It is up to glamorous detective Gabrielle Poulpe to save the day and find the murderer in their midst or life on St. Tropez as its residents know it could be over forever. Can Gabrielle find the culprit before it's too late? Join the wealthy and the fabulous in the ultimate playground of the rich and the famous, for sun, sin, sex and scandal as they battle a threat from within...

Witty, clever and beautiful, Dame Joan Collins possesses a singular star quality that has come to define what it means to be a living legend. As an actress, author and producer she has built a career that places her in the unrivalled ranks of an international icon. She has appeared in more than sixty feature films, dozens of plays, both in the West End and in the US, and many television series, including creating the role of Alexis Carrington on Dynasty, one of the most highly rated television dramas of all time. Her novels and memoirs have been bestsellers worldwide. She is a regular diarist for the Spectator and a contributor to the Daily Mail, Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Times, and Harper's Bazaar.

Racy, funny and completely over the top. I loved it -- Andrew Pierce * Daily Mail * The actress's trademark humour shines through in this fabulously over-the-top novel * Hello! * Fabulously witty ... If you fancy a side serving of sin with your summer reads, this might just be your guilty pleasure * OK Magazine * Sun, sex and lots of delicious scandals from the queen of glam * Heat * The book is full of sun, sin, sex, scandal and humour * Bella * Fizzes and froths like a champagne fountain; in its wickedly drawn world of grotesques and gigolos even murder has a certain style * Saga *