Some friends&mdash,and friendships&mdash,are worth killing for in this dark, twisty suspense novel by national bestselling author Jesse Q. Sutanto. Jane is unhappy. , , A struggling midlist writer whose novels barely command four figures, she feels trapped in an underwhelming marriage, just scraping by to pay a crippling Bay Area mortgage for a house&mdash,a life&mdash,she's never really wanted. , There's only ever been one person she cared about, one person who truly understood her: ,Thalia. Jane's best and only friend nearly a decade ago during their Creative Writing days at Oxford. It was the only good year of Jane&rsquo,s life&mdash,cobblestones and books and damp English air, heady wine and sweet cider and Thalia, endless Thalia. But then one night ruined everything. The blood-soaked night that should have bound Thalia to Jane forever but instead made her lose her completely. Thalia disappeared without a trace, and Jane has been unable to find her since. Until now. , Because there she is, her name at the top of the New York Times bestseller ,list: A Most Pleasant Death by Thalia Ashcroft. When she discovers a post from Thalia on her website about attending ,a book convention in New York City in a week&mdash,&ldquo,Can&rsquo,t wait to see ,you there!&rdquo,&mdash,Jane can&rsquo,t wait either. , She&rsquo,ll go to New York City, too, credit card bill be damned. And this time, she will do things right. ,Jane won&rsquo,t lose Thalia again.