Joy

In this “beautifully written. . . real page-turner” (The Guardian) of a novel, Jonathan Lee brings together an eclectic group of characters whose lives are upended by a baffling tragedy.

Just as she is about to make partner at a prestigious law firm, a talented young lawyer, Joy Stephens, plummets forty feet from a viewing platform to the office floor. Did she fall? Or did she jump? As the events leading up to this shocking event unfold from the perspectives of multiple people in Joy’s life–her husband, her colleagues, even her personal trainer–what emerges is a fraught narrative of interlocking secrets in which everyone is hiding something.
Lee masterfully peels back the truth, bringing long-buried truths–not only about Joy, but about her colleagues and her family–to light in this thrilling novel about the tumultuous lives that exist just below the surface.