Everybody Knows: A Novel

Mae Pruett works as a black-bag publicist in Los Angeles—her job is to suppress bad news rather than promote good news. She operates within a powerful crisis PR firm at the center of what she calls "The Beast," a network of lawyers, PR professionals, and private security firms that protect the wealthy and powerful by any means necessary. When her boss is shot outside the Beverly Hills Hotel in what appears to be a random attack, Mae decides to investigate. Her search pulls her into The Beast's illegal operations and the corrupt systems it maintains. The investigation takes her through Los Angeles's contrasts: influencers, sprawling mansions adjacent to homeless encampments, corrupt police, and mysterious nighttime operations. The novel has been recognized as a New York Times Best Crime Book of the Year, a NYTBR Editors' Choice Selection, and an Anthony Award Nominee and Barry Award Nominee.