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  • Published: 22 April 2025
  • ISBN: 9780593332863
  • Imprint: Berkley
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $59.99
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A Map to Paradise





1956, Malibu, California: Something is not right on Paradise Circle.

1956, Malibu, California: Something is not right on Paradise Circle.

With her name on the Hollywood blacklist and her life on hold, starlet Melanie Cole has little choice in company. There is her next-door neighbor, Elwood, but the screenwriter’s agoraphobia allows for just short chats through open windows. He’s her sole confidante, though, as she and her housekeeper, Eva, an immigrant from war-torn Europe, rarely make conversation.

Then one early morning Melanie and Eva spot Elwood’s sister-in-law and caretaker, June, digging in his beloved rose garden. After that they don’t see Elwood at all anymore. Where could a man who never leaves the house possibly have gone?
 
As they try to find out if something has happened to him, unexpected secrets are revealed among all three women, leading to an alliance that seems the only way for any of them to hold on to what they can still call their own. But it’s a fragile pact and one little spark could send it all up in smoke…

  • Published: 22 April 2025
  • ISBN: 9780593332863
  • Imprint: Berkley
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $59.99
Categories:

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Praise for A Map to Paradise

Praise for the novels of Susan Meissner

“A somber, gripping tale illuminated with hope.”—Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Diamond Eye

“Meissner’s characters step off the page and into history.”—Lisa Wingate, New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours

“I was utterly spellbound, beguiled, swept up in this ghostly mystery about the secrets kept during a time of war. I couldn’t put it down.”—Jamie Ford, New York Times bestselling author of The Many Daughters of Afong Moy