Queen K

On a balmy evening in late March, an oligarch's superyacht lies moored off an atoll in the Indian Ocean. Tables cover the massive deck, adorned with orchids, champagne bottles, the name cards of famous people; uniformed staff flank a red carpet on the landing dock, waiting for the guests to arrive. The party's host is Kata, wife to one of the world's richest men. The boat was a gift from her husband, given in better times. The night about to begin marks the attainment of something she's wanted for a long, long time: acceptance into the glittering world of high society. But there are those around Kata who wish to come between her and that goal; they are complex, angry, full of resentment. And they are closer to home than she could have ever imagined. Narrated with delicious unreliability by an English woman who is employed to tutor this family's precocious daughter, QUEEN K pulls back the curtain on the power plays within one extraordinary family, as world politics begin to encroach on their corrupt and fiercely defended haven.