The Receptionist

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In this domestic thriller, sex, ambitions, and disaster burn more intensely than the Los Angeles sun. Emily is a top talent agent who rules the land of talk shows and reality TV. Whip-smart and brutally practical, she outmaneuvers all rivals...except in her personal life. Emily willfully ignores her CEO husband Doug's philandering in exchange fo

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[The Receptionist] has all the fascination of a train wreckThe malicious actions of these angry, narcissistic people are appalling, but that wont stop readers from turning the pages to see what happens to them next. Publishers Weekly The perfect maelstrom of revenge, crazy, and absolute rage. The Receptionist has it all[Kate Myles] is definitely one to watch. Mystery & Suspense Magazine A fast-paced, gripping tale Authorlink This eerie, suspenseful saga keeps readers guessing. Womans World The slick, ruthless world of Hollywood comes alive in Kate Myless riveting debut. The Big Thrill Kate Myles takes no prisoners and leaves no skin on the bone. The Receptionist is a riveting and disturbing evisceration of twenty-first-century Hollywood greed and ambition. beragents, self-improvement gurus, desperately ambitious actorsnone of these denizens of sun-drenched Los Angeles are safe from Kate Myless scalpel-sharp pen. Christopher Rice, New York Times and Amazon Charts bestselling author of the Burning Girl series A dark, gripping tale that wont fail to captivate. Robert Bryndza, New York Times bestselling author The Receptionist is the best kind of guilty pleasure. Unlikeable characters Check. Twisty plot Check. This book has a pervasive sense of dread throughout, which made me turn the pages even faster. I couldnt wait to see how it ended. Samantha Downing, USA Today bestselling author of My Lovely Wife and He Started It The Receptionist is compulsively readable and deliciously disturbing, perfect for readers who enjoyed Gillian Flynns Sharp Objects. Myles has written a genuinely unnerving thriller that I couldnt put down. Jess Lourey, Amazon Charts bestselling author of Unspeakable Things and Bloodline The Receptionist starts as a scathingly funny, deftly observed comedy of Hollywood mannersthen twists, changes gears, and gathers the tense, heart-palpitating momentum of a runaway train. Jon Evans, Arthur Ellis Awardwinning author of Dark Places and Invisible Armies Kate Myless The Receptionist is a terrific thriller and a mesmerizing character study; I read it faster and with more pleasure than any crime novel Ive picked up in months. Scott Phillips, bestselling author of The Ice Harvest The Receptionist is a freight train, hurtling toward a sheer drop. Kate Myless razor-edged debut offers a bitter satire of LA society (or lack of same), told with the pure, pulse-pounding abandon of a 911 call. Myless villains are delightfully awful, and her dialogue shines bright and cuts deep, but what makes her a tale spinner on par with the greats, like Patricia Highsmith and Tana French, is her recognition that the most thrilling moment of that fatal train ride comes not from the pounding of the engines or the fiery conflagration of landing but from the moment of weightlessness as you fall. Nick Seeley, author of Cambodia Noir

Author Bio

Kate Myles is a television producer for networks such as the Food Network and OWN. Before producing, she worked as an actor and comedian, enjoying a two-year stint as a host and video journalist for the Travel Channel series Not Your Average Travel Guide, among other adventures. Her fiction has appeared in Necessary Fiction, Quarterly West, and Storm Cellar Quarterly. The Receptionist is her first novel.