Pretty Things

Nina studied at an expensive liberal arts college and expected a satisfying career to follow. It did not, and she now steals from wealthy kids in Los Angeles with her Irish boyfriend, Lachlan.

She learned the trade from her mother, a born con artist who hustled to give her daughter a decent childhood on the move. When her mother falls ill, Nina stakes everything on her boldest and most dangerous scam yet.

Vanessa comes from money and once wanted to make her own mark. She became an Instagram influencer instead, travelling the world, collecting free clothes and products, and posing in exotic places. The glossy surface hides a life shaped by tragedy.

After her engagement breaks, she withdraws to Stonehaven, her family's large mountain estate. It keeps dark secrets, some from Vanessa's past and some from the past of a troubled girl named Nina.

The paths of Nina, Vanessa and Lachlan meet on the cold shores of Lake Tahoe, and their tangled lives play out over one winter of ambition and desire, double-dealing and revenge.