Next to Heaven
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3 Months Free
Next to Heaven
Buy Now for $31.86
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Narrated by:
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Gina Gershon
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By:
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James Frey
Behind every great fortune, lies a great crime - Honoré de Balzac
New Bethlehem, Connecticut. Picture-perfect lawns, manicured hedges, multi-million dollar homes. But beneath the designer yoga gear and country club memberships lies a darker reality.
In this world of excess, Devon and Belle have it all—beauty, money, status. But they want something more. Something dangerous. Something that makes them feel alive. Their solution? A party—a meticulously curated gathering of New Bethlehem's elite, from a desperate ex-NFL quarterback to a hockey coach with a penchant for married women, and a ruthless Wall Street 'closer' who wields his wealth like a weapon.
One night. Multiple betrayals. And a murder that will shatter New Bethlehem's carefully constructed facade.
Fans of The White Lotus and Big Little Lies will be drawn into the dark underbelly of the American Dream—a world where money can buy anything, until it ruins everything.
This story moves through multiple third-person close POVs, which normally is not my preferred style because it can become messy fast. But here, it works. Each chapter is short, sharp, and addictive, constantly shifting perspective just as things become uncomfortable or explosive. It creates this voyeuristic, almost reality-TV-meets-literary-thriller feeling where everyone is hiding something and nobody is remotely normal.
The writing style is stripped back, contemporary, and incredibly easy to binge. I flew through it. There’s a glossy darkness over the entire novel — privilege, boredom, sex, ego, betrayal — and underneath it all is this constant tension that something terrible is coming.
And that ending? Genuinely satisfying. I did not see it coming the way it unfolded, and in an era where many thrillers either overcomplicate the twist or telegraph it from page fifty, this one actually landed.
Not every character was deeply layered, but honestly, that almost added to the experience. These people are disasters wearing designer clothes, and the book knows it.
If you enjoy fast-paced literary thrillers filled with wealthy dysfunction, scandal, manipulation, and multiple POV storytelling done well, this is worth the read.
Rich People Behaving Horribly Never Gets Old
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I saw it through but the characters were hideous, and poorly written.
Terrible.
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Wonderfully ludicrous
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