Ella Berman Books in Order

A year after abandoning a rising Hollywood career, Grace Turner returns determined to reclaim her life. An invitation to honor the director who controlled her forces her to confront the secret behind her disappearance and choose whether to speak.

Ten years after their friend’s death in Greece made them tabloid targets, Bess and Joni have built opposite lives. When Joni asks for an alibi, their reunion revives old debts and questions about what really happened that summer.

A struggling writer secures a comeback by selling a book about her vanished friend and rival. Returning to their shared Los Angeles past exposes envy, ambition, and a betrayal that transformed both women’s lives and their work.