“Dreamland” is Nancy Bilyeau’s fifth novel of historical suspense. It is up to Peggy to overcome the oppression of her family and clear the name of her vulnerable lover, before she or her beloved sister become the next victims of Dreamland.Įxtravagant, intoxicating and thumping with suspense, bestselling Nancy Bilyeau’s magnificent Dreamland is a story of corruption, class and dangerous obsession. And as bodies begin to mount up amidst the sweltering clamour of Coney Island, it seems the powerful Batternbergs can get away with anything…even murder.s For one, she finds herself in love with a troubled pier-side artist of humble means, whom the Batternberg patriarchs would surely disapprove of.ĭisapprove they may, but hidden behind their pomposity lurks a web of deceit, betrayal and deadly secrets. Despite hailing from one of America’s richest families, Peggy would much rather spend the summer at the Moonrise Bookstore where she works voluntarily, than keeping up appearances with Brooklyn socialites and her snobbish, controlling family.īut soon it transpires that the hedonism of Coney Island affords Peggy more of the freedom she has been longing for. The year is 1911 when twenty-year-old heiress Peggy Batternberg is invited to spend the summer in America’s Playground.īut the invitation to Coney Island is unwelcome.
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