Description
Description
"My name's Juno Hardwick--and I'm here to save your life." A gripping, emotionally charged thriller with an unforgettable heroine from the acclaimed author of Dear Daughter . . . Juno Hardwick's a fighter--or at least she thought she was. A year ago, she had a promising career influencing national security policy at the highest levels. Then her father died and her sister fell apart. Now she's in Los Angeles, rotting on the couch with her sister during the day, working as a bouncer at a bikini bar at night. So when her best friend Min, a former CIA officer, invites her to join a high-profile security detail, Juno sees a way back to the person she used to be. It's a straightforward job: protect an investigative journalist whose exposés have made her powerful enemies, get her safely through a glittering museum gala, collect a paycheck. Mission accomplished. But from the moment Juno meets her new team--an enigmatic ex-SEAL, a brilliant engineer, a failed actress, a retired FBI agent who hates her guts--something feels off. They're underprepared and out of sync, and the client, who made a career out of exposing other people's secrets, clearly has a few of her own. Meanwhile, Min's playing a deeper game than she's letting on, treating Juno less like one of the players and more like one of the pawns. As the gala approaches, Juno finds herself fighting on two fronts, and while she's used to dealing with enemies on the battlefield, she's not prepared for traitors in her midst. In a world where everyone has something to hide--including herself--Juno is forced to consider the possibility that loyalty might be the deadliest weapon of all.
About the Author
About the Author
Elizabeth Little is the bestselling author of Dear Daughter, Pretty as a Picture, and two works of nonfiction. Her crime fiction has been nominated for the Barry, Macavity, and CWA John Creasey Debut dagger awards, and she received the Strand Critics Award for Best Debut Novel. Her previous novel, Pretty as a Picture, was a Los Angeles Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller. Her writing has also appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, McSweeney's, and the Los Angeles Review of Books, among other publications. She lives in Los Angeles with her family.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
Praise for Good Girls Die Bored "Perfect Elizabeth Little--fun but deep, slick but meaty, suspenseful and satisfying . . . totally recommended."--Lee Child "Elizabeth Little proves once again why she's a must-read author. Her latest has everything you want in a thriller--high stakes, fun reveals, complicated relationships, and a protagonist as flawed as she is funny."--Kellye Garrett, award-winning author of Missing White Woman "Good Girls Die Bored will have you in its talons from the jump. A chaotic, darkly funny riff on the spy thriller, it's a novel for our current moment, and Juno Hardwick--reckless, wry, and deliciously insubordinate--is a hero for our troubled times."--Megan Abbott, New York Times bestselling author of El Dorado Drive "A masterpiece with a killer premise, wicked humor, and characters so sharply drawn they feel like they've just walked into the room . . . In Juno Hardwick, Elizabeth Little has created an unforgettable heroine who's funny, fierce, all-too-human, and impossible not to root for. Don't miss this brilliant, stylish high-octane thriller."--Matthew Quirk, New York Times bestselling author of The Night Agent Praise for the novels of Elizabeth Little
"A really gutsy, clever, energetic read, often unexpected, always entertaining . . . a breath of fresh air."--Kate Atkinson, bestselling author of Life After Life "An all-nighter . . . the best debut mystery I've read in a long time."--Tana French, New York Times bestselling author of The Keeper "Little is part of an exciting new generation of crime writers who have been bending this sturdy genre into new, unexpected shapes. . . . A glorious buffet--a twisty story, a cinephile's delight, a knockout of a heroine: I loved it."--Laura Lippman, New York Times bestselling author of Lady in the Lake
"A really gutsy, clever, energetic read, often unexpected, always entertaining . . . a breath of fresh air."--Kate Atkinson, bestselling author of Life After Life "An all-nighter . . . the best debut mystery I've read in a long time."--Tana French, New York Times bestselling author of The Keeper "Little is part of an exciting new generation of crime writers who have been bending this sturdy genre into new, unexpected shapes. . . . A glorious buffet--a twisty story, a cinephile's delight, a knockout of a heroine: I loved it."--Laura Lippman, New York Times bestselling author of Lady in the Lake
Publishing Information
Publishing Information
Publisher:
Bantam
Pub date:
2026-08-04
Length:
448 pages
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