A gripping, emotionally charged thriller with an unforgettable heroine, from the acclaimed author of Dear Daughter.
Juno Hardwick’s a fighter—or at least she thought she was. A year ago, she had a promising career influencing national security policy at the highest levels. Then her father died and her life fell apart. Now she’s in Los Angeles, rotting on the couch with her sister during the day, working as a bouncer at a bikini bar at night.
So when her best friend Min, a former CIA officer, invites her to join a high-profile security detail, Juno sees a way back to the person she used to be. It’s a straightforward job: protect an investigative journalist whose exposés have made her powerful enemies, get her safely through a glittering museum gala, collect a paycheck. Mission accomplished.
But from the moment Juno meets her new team—an enigmatic ex-SEAL, a brilliant engineer, a failed actress, a retired FBI agent who hates her guts—something feels off. They’re underprepared and out of sync, and the client, who’s made a career out of exposing other people’s secrets, clearly has a few of her own. Meanwhile, Min’s playing a deeper game than she’s letting on, treating Juno less like one of the players and more like one of the pawns.
As the gala approaches, Juno finds herself fighting on two fronts, and while she’s used to dealing with enemies on the battlefield, she’s not prepared for traitors in her midst. In a world where everyone has something to hide—including herself—Juno is forced to consider the possibility that loyalty might be the deadliest weapon of all.
“Perfect Elizabeth Little—fun but deep, slick but meaty, suspenseful and satisfying . . . totally recommended.” –Lee Child, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series
“Elizabeth Little proves once again why she’s a must-read author. Her latest has everything you want in a thriller—high stakes, fun reveals, complicated relationships, and a protagonist as flawed as she is funny.” –Kellye Garrett, award-winning author of Missing White Woman
“Good Girls Die Bored will have you in its talons from the jump. A chaotic, darkly funny riff on the spy thriller, it’s a novel for our current moment, and Juno Hardwick—reckless, wry, and deliciously insubordinate—is a hero for our troubled times.” –Megan Abbott, New York Times–bestselling author of El Dorado Drive
“A masterpiece with a killer premise, wicked humor, and characters so sharply drawn they feel like they’ve just walked into the room . . . In Juno Hardwick, Elizabeth Little has created an unforgettable heroine who’s funny, fierce, all-too-human, and impossible not to root for. Don’t miss this brilliant, stylish high-octane thriller.” –Matthew Quirk, New York Times–bestselling author of The Night Agent