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The Secret Dinner

by Raphael Montes

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A precarious foothold in Rio

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A precarious foothold in Rio

Four friends leave rural Brazil for student life in Copacabana, where rising rent threatens the future they are trying to build. Their improvised way of earning money draws them into secret dinners for Rio’s elite, linking the pressures of housing and ambition to a hidden world shaped by wealth and disturbing appetites. The setup brings crime-thriller territory into close contact with the friends’ everyday struggle to stay afloat, with the parties’ role in their lives forming the book’s central tension.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in crime thrillers set in contemporary Brazil.
  • Readers drawn to stories about friendship, financial pressure, and the pursuit of city life.
  • Readers who want a premise involving secret gatherings and the wealthy elite.

Themes

FriendshipClass and wealthHousing and financial insecurityAmbitionHidden social worlds

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Book overview

"Bold and bloody, it's a thriller with real bite." ―Riley Sager
"Highly imaginative and totally unique." ―Alex Michaelides
"Wickedly smart...It seizes your breath from the first page and refuses to let go!" ―Lisa Jewell

Four childhood friends, eager for a taste of city life, swap rural Brazil for an apartment in Copacabana, Rio. But they have no idea of the fate that awaits them there. . . .

Dante, Piglet, Miguel, and Hugo are your average students trying to make ends meet with part-time jobs, excited about the bright futures at their fingertips. So when their rent skyrockets, they struggle to keep their new lives and big dreams afloat. They need to make money however they can. In order to keep their apartment, the friends adopt an unorthodox plan and are soon sucked into a dark world of secret dinner parties catering to the twisted fantasies of Rio's elite.

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