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Poker-Faced – New York Social Diary
Lunch at Sette Mezzo with Jane Stanton Hitchcock who is in town to publicize her new novel “Bluff” which I wrote about on these pages last September when she sent [...]
50 must-read crime novels on shelves April–June 2019 – Book Riot
One-time socialite Maud Warner polishes up the rags of her once glittering existence and bluffs her way into a signature New York restaurant on a sunny October day. When [...]
A Crime Writer’s Guide to Poker Obsession – CrimeReads
You don’t choose writing; writing chooses you. Writing has been a source of great comfort as well as great discomfort to me. On a good day you feel like [...]
Q&A with Jane Stanton Hitchcock, author of Bluff – Criminal Element
Bluff, draws on her passion for poker—she is an avid player who competes in the World Poker Tour and the World Series of Poker—as well as her family’s own [...]
Linda Fairstein in conversation with Jane Stanton Hitchcock – The Big Thrill
Jane Stanton Hitchcock’s new crime novel—BLUFF—has been on almost every reviewer’s list of most anticipated, best books of this year. Those of us who’ve read each of her novels [...]
Linda Fairstein and Jane Stanton Hitchcock in conversation with Barbara Peters
Barbara Peters engages Jane Stanton Hitchcock and Linda Fairstein in a conversation about their lives, friendship, and latest books.
Bluff – Jane Stanton Hitchcock’s Hot Book of the Week
The bookstore will welcome Jane Stanton Hitchcock, author of the current Hot Book of the Week, Bluff. Hitchcock will be joined by Linda Fairstein, author of Blood Oath. You [...]
Booklist Advanced Review
The axiom "write what you know" deliciously foretells this poker-themed thriller. Hitchcock (Mortal Friends, 2009) is a Brearley and Sara Lawrence graduate who was defrauded by a man assigned [...]
Page Turner: Jane Hitchcock Details Upcoming Book About Murder, High Society, Financial Fraud, And Poker
New York Times best-selling author, Hitchcock has lived an interesting life and if the book plays out like her own, it should be quite a page turner. She [...]
Top 10 Books for Spring 2019 – Publishers Weekly
Drawing on the financial fleecing of her mother, Edgar finalist Hitchcock delivers what our starred review called a “delicious tale of sweet revenge,” and it has all the [...]
Publishers Weekly Review: BLUFF
In this wry, sly caper novel BLUFF from Jane Stanton Hitchcock, a socialite walks into the Four Seasons. Maude Warner pulls a handgun from her faux Birkin bag, and [...]
Kirkus Reviews BLUFF
An aging debutante and card shark commits the perfect revenge crime in this social noir. "Mad" Maud walks into the Four Seasons and shoots Sun Sunderland, "the Pope of Finance". [...]
Early review of BLUFF: “Poker-faced” – New York Social Diary
BLUFF is a page-turner. There are three major women’s roles (if you’re a producer looking for a hot story), and it’s many other things about life among the rich, [...]
70-Year-Old Socialite’s Unlikely Journey from Park Avenue to the Poker Table – Washington Post
Jane Stanton Hitchcock, a 70-year-old Socialite, stares at her cards in disgust. Another bad hand. She tosses them at the dealer, frustrated. An hour earlier, 151 poker players had walked [...]