THE DARLINGS

A sophisticated page-turner about a wealthy New York family embroiled in a financial scandal with cataclysmic consequences.

THE DARLINGS IS A Lively novel about a wealthy New York clan caught up in a financial scandal reminiscent of the one that engulfed Bernie Madoff. With echoes of Dominick Dunne and Tom Wolfe, Alger explores malfeasance in high places, and the wrenching conflict between loyalty to one's family or to the law.

Christina Alger has helped run her family's hedge fun since the death of her father in 9/11. She is well-connected in New York's moneyed world. This is her first novel.