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by Lila Raicek
How could I have known where it would end, or even begin? That's not true: how could I not have known.
Following the death of her disgraced fiancé, Liv returns to New York City where she finds shelter in the apartment of a former mentor. Lonely and isolated, Liv ventures to a party and encounters an intriguing duo: Damon, a charismatic jewelry designer, and Isabel, a beguiling older woman who's infatuated with him. Liv attempts to escape her own despair and enmeshes herself in Damon and Isabel's provocative dynamic, replacing solitary nights with their glittering parties.
Until Rex, a sadistic journalist, invades Liv's new social circle, threatening to expose compromising details from her past. As Liv begins to unravel, she embarks on an all-consuming affair with Damon, propelled by desire and denial of the truth that haunts her. But her growing bond with Isabel complicates matters. As their lives dangerously intertwine over the course of one scorching summer, taking them from the East End of Long Island to Lake Como in Italy, Liv discovers that the most shattering secrets are the ones we keep from ourselves.
The Plunge is a spellbinding, sensuous psychological thriller that plumbs the depths of obsession and betrayal, while offering an unflinching examination of loss and longing. Told in a distinctive lyrical voice laced with razor-sharp wit and striking emotional complexity, Lila Raicek makes an electrifying debut in this book of the summer everyone will be talking about. Perfect for readers of Emma Cline's The Guest and Raven Leilani's Luster.
"A tantalizing thriller written in nuanced and luminous prose, The Plunge is a deep dive into loss, longing, and the price of passion. Lila writes with a singular power that comes from her understanding of the twists and turns of the complexities of female desire. I was immersed from the first to the last page." —Daphne Merkin, author of 22 Minutes of Unconditional Love
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Lila Raicek is a New York based playwright and screenwriter. Her new play My Master Builder will make its debut on London's West End in Spring 2025. Her play Fire Season is in pre-production for Broadway. In television, Lila wrote on Gossip Girl and Younger. She holds an MFA in Playwriting from Columbia University. This is her debut novel.
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