El Dorado Drive by Megan Abbott
Oh, how the once-golden Bishop sisters have fallen. Nothing about their adult lives resembles their well-heeled childhood. Debra is drowning in medical debt, Pam’s contentious divorce drained her dry, and Harper is underemployed and ducking creditors. And then, salvation appears. The Wheel is a women-only financial “gifting club” – definitely not a pyramid scheme! – and the returns are beyond belief. Debra and Pam are all in, so Harper joins too, despite her misgivings. But the pressure to keep working the Wheel begins to mount, and the solution that appeared so perfect may instead be the sisters’ downfall. The tension builds slowly but steadily in this page-turning thriller. Come for the messy family drama, stay for the fiercely plotted suspense.
Reviewed by Mary Kinser, collection development librarian, Whatcom County Library System
(Originally published in Bellingham Alive October 2025 issue.)