The Fortune Seller

A Novel

De: Rachel Kapelke-Dale

Narrado por: Stephanie Cannon

Yellowjackets meets The Cloisters in this beguiling coming-of-age story about class, reinvention, and destiny, set against the backdrop of two mysterious deaths.

Middle-class Rosie Macalister has worked for years to fit in with her wealthy friends on the Yale equestrian team. But when she comes back from her junior year abroad with newfound confidence, she finds that the group has been infiltrated by a mysterious intruder: Annelise Tattinger.

A talented tarot reader and a brilliant rider, the enigmatic Annelise is unlike anyone Rosie has ever met. But when one of their friends notices money disappearing from her bank account, Annelise's place in the circle is thrown into question. As the girls turn against each other, the group’s unspoken tensions and assumptions lead to devastating consequences.

It's only after graduation, when Rosie begins a job at a Manhattan hedge fund, that she uncovers Annelise's true identity—and how her place in their elite Yale set was no accident. Is it too late for Rosie to put right what went wrong, or does everyone's luck run out at some point? Set in the heady days of the early aughts, The Fortune Seller is a haunting examination of class, ambition, and the desires that shape our lives.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.

©2024 Rachel Kapelke-Dale (P)2024 Macmillan Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Kapelke-Dale skillfully blends class concerns, character development, and a menacing atmosphere, emerging with an intoxicating mystery that defies easy categorization. Readers will be tempted to devour it in a single sitting."—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Propulsive and engrossing, The Fortune Seller deftly examines the ways in which our lives are shaped by luck and by fate, illustrating the sometimes grizzly consequences of tempting either. Rachel Kapelke-Dale has (once again) captured the complexities of female friendship, ambition, and privilege with razor-sharp insight and sparkling prose, all set in the evocative worlds of equestrian competitions, dark academia, and the New York elite. Tarot cards offer hints at what’s to come in each chapter, but this story kept me on my toes throughout; I absolutely devoured it."—Genevieve Wheeler, author of Adelaide

"Kapelke-Dale is fluent in the double-edged language of female friendship. I ripped through The Fortune Seller, her captivating, fast-paced novel about upper-crust, ride-or-die housemates at Yale whose petty cruelties take a sinister turn. A refreshing look at girl power and identity, longing and belonging, and fate and free will, The Fortune Seller reveals the dark impulses that fuel our most intense, intoxicating relationships."—Jillian Medoff, author of When We Were Bright and Beautiful

Friendship and life

Really well written encompassing many facets of life. Friendship, challenge, drive, murder, occupation, growth, persistence…….

Will there be justice

What really happened. What was the cause. How will it all turn out. Questions will be answered. Good story.

Boring

I really liked The Ingenue, so I was looking forward to her newest book. It reads like a teen drama. There is little to noncharacter development. I listenedbtobhalfbthe book, hoping that some sort of

Are you an upper middle class horse girl, who doesn’t know real trauma? If so, this is the book for you!

The main character is a tragically affluent horse girl, whose biggest challenge in life is that she isn’t as rich as her best friend. The plot goes on to be wildly predictable and the “tarot card” symbolism serves as a thin thread to make the secondary character more quirky and free-spirited. I kept hoping it would improve, it didn’t. I wasted enough time for us both, please skip this one, and save your time and money!