The After Party

Cece and Joan have been fast friends since childhood. Joan is the charismatic one, the beautiful one, the troubled soul, and Cece is the loyal friend, the girl who got cropped out of the picture, the steady one. Joan is spiraling down, and in 1950's Houston high society, that just isn't done. It's up to Cece to save her friend one more time.

I loved the Houston setting. Everything Houston DiSclafani threw into the story—the Shamrock Hotel, River Oaks, Sugar Land, even a brief mention of my hometown, Alvin—kept me turning the pages.