Murder on the Upper East Side

2016: Hannah Miller has begun her senior year at The Prescott Academy of New York alongside the rich and famous of the Upper East Side. Or at least, their children.

Among the trust funds and penthouse parties, there’s one rule for survival: staying out of the way of Queen Bees Madison DuPont and Elle Harrington.

Being a scholarship student makes Hannah feel invisible. But no one escapes the watchful eye of notorious gossip account the Upper Edge.

2026: The Academy’s alumni have gathered for a glittering charity gala. Only Madison DuPont could host an event this grand. But what starts as a champagne-fueled party soon descends into chaos when Madison is found dead moments after her speech. It doesn’t take long for fingers to point at Hannah – everyone saw her talking to Madison only moments before she died. She shouldn’t even be at the gala. She’s not really one of them.

The truth is that everyone had a reason to want Madison dead. From Madison’s best friend to her former devotees to the targets of her bullying, it seems like everyone had a complicated history with the Queen Bee of Park Avenue. To clear her name, Hannah must unearth the secrets that this crowd would kill to keep buried.

Gossip on the Upper East Side isn’t just vicious…it’s deadly.

– XOXO

Tropes:

• Elite prep school
• Anonymous gossip account
• Ultra-rich people behaving badly
• Old money vs. new money
• Locked room
• Everyone’s a suspect
• Secrets and lies
• Friend drama
• Dual timeline