A Hollywood cold case. A fractured family. A past that refuses to stay buried.

Jed Rosenthal is adrift. Fourteen years since his last published book, he watches his life unravel—his longtime partner gone, their "trial separation" stretching into something permanent, their co-parenting routine a quiet, daily heartbreak. But Jed knows his personal failures are just a chapter in a much larger, more tangled family story.

The thread that might tie it all together? The death of Karyn “Cookie” Kupcinet, a young Hollywood starlet found strangled in her apartment just days after the JFK assassination. Cookie’s parents—Chicago power couple Irv and Essee Kupcinet—were once close to Jed’s grandparents, their families intertwined by history, influence, and old secrets. But after Cookie’s mysterious death, the friendship abruptly ended, with no explanation.

Decades later, Jed becomes obsessed. He combs through newspaper archives, crime scene reports, and his family’s fading memories, determined to uncover the truth behind Cookie’s death—whether it was murder, suicide, or something far more sinister. But as he unspools the mystery, he begins to see his own life reflected in its fractured pieces. What if the answers he’s searching for aren’t just about Cookie, but about himself?

Spanning over seventy years, The Gossip Columnist’s Daughter is a masterful blend of true crime, family drama, and wry, self-aware humor—a novel about the stories we tell, the friendships that shape us, and the haunting weight of the past.

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