Set in Rhode Island, this darkly comic novel by Jincy Willett follows twin sisters with very different lives: Abigail, who embraces passion and desire, and Dorcas, a quiet librarian devoted to books. When they become entangled with a famous poet and a troubled Hollywood writer, they are drawn into a dangerous game of betrayal, shame, and murder. Satirical and witty, the story explores ambition, literary obsession, family, and the strange ways people deceive themselves and others.