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The Fortune Seller

A Novel

by Rachel Kapelke-Dale
Stephanie Cannon
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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.

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  • Release date

    February 13, 2024

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      • ISBN: 9781250333001
      • File size: 315093 KB
      • Duration: 10:56:26

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from December 11, 2023
      The unique and gripping latest from Kapelke-Dale (The Ingenue) examines tensions among a group of young equestrians. In 2005, scholarship student Rosie Macalister from small-town Western Plains, Ill., is heading back to New Haven, Conn., for her senior year at Yale. When Rosie arrives at the house she shares with four other members of the university’s equestrian team, she discovers that she’s been assigned a roommate: new recruit Annelise Tattinger. A skilled rider, Annelise’s arrival shifts the dynamics in the highly competitive house, causing once unspoken rivalries to rise to the surface. Before the end of the year, one of the teammates dies in a riding incident that’s hastily declared an accident. After graduation, Rosie leaves Connecticut for a low-level finance job in New York City, while the remaining members of the team return to their wealthy family homes. Before long, disturbing text messages begin appearing on the young women’s phones, casting doubt on both Annelise’s true identity and the circumstances of their senior year tragedy. 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. Agent: Sarah Phair, Sanford J. Greenburger Assoc.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      What starts out sounding like chick-lit fluff, soon takes on the gravitas of a tangled, engrossing mystery. Narrator Stephanie Cannon delivers the bright enthusiasm of Rosie, a senior at Yale and a member of the elite equestrian team. When new girl Annelise, a superb rider and a gifted tarot card reader, joins the team, jealousy, bitterness, and classism overtake the genial atmosphere. Cannon uses immediately identifiable voices for each of the riding team members, adding appropriate amounts of snark and snobbery. When one of the team dies in an apparently tragic accident, Cannon's subtle shifts in tone arouse suspicion. After graduation, Rosie's move from Yale to a posh job on Wall Street leads to shocking revelations, which Cannon handles with convincing ease. Worthwhile listening. S.J.H. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine

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