Megan Abbott

That was a great description.

But yeah, I really...

I thought of it essentially as a story about women and money and their relationship to it.

But it's about three sisters who grew up in wealth and the wealth went away.

And now they're at midlife and dire straits when they get an enticing invitation.

to join a new female investment club, as it's called.

And it's referred to as The Wheel.

And it sort of sucks them in and turns out to be not exactly what it seems.

Not exactly as it seems, as are the best thrillers, right?

Like on the surface, it's one thing, but then it's really another.

And I love how setting is a huge part of the novel.

The sisters, like you said, they grew up in privilege.

But then after the

auto industry declined in Detroit, like their luck ran out, right?

Like, so to speak.

So how did you decide on the setting?

It's my understanding that you grew up there, but I don't know if I'm right.

Yes, no, that's correct.

And I've never really done that.

I've never set a book, even anywhere near my hometown, which is Grosse Pointe, just outside of Detroit, which