num_pages: 475
description: Glamorous messiah or charlatan? A mask of beauty hides deadly secrets in #1 New York Times and Amazon Charts bestselling author Gregg Olsens mesmerizing novel of suspense.In the Pacific Northwest police officer Lindsay Jackman is investigating the murder of a young journalist found at the bottom of a ravine. Lindsay soon learns that the victim was writing an expos. Her subject: a charismatic wellness guru whos pulled millions into her euphoric orbitTo hear Marnie Spellman tell it when she was a child a swarm of bees lifted her off the ground and toward the sunlight illuming her spiritual connection with naturean uncanny event on which Marnie built a cosmetics empire and became a legend a healer and the queen of holistic health and eternal beauty. In her inner circle is an intimate band of devotees called the Hive. They share Marnies secrets of successincluding one cloaked in darkness for twenty years.Determined to uncover the possibly deadly mysteries of the group Lindsay focuses her investigation on Marnie and the former members of the Hive who are just as determined to keep Lindsay from their secrets as they are to maintain their status.
language: English
title: The Hive
publisher: Thomas & Mercer