Park Avenue

Bestselling YA author Ahdieh’s (“Beautiful Quartet” series) enthralling adult debut explores ambition, family loyalty, and cultural identity. Jia Song, a driven Korean American lawyer, is the daughter of immigrants who own a bodega. Jia has a deep-rooted sense of familial responsibility that drives her to seek financial comfort for her parents and career success for herself, so when her boss assigns her to a high-profile client—the Park family, owners of a billion-dollar Korean beauty brand—she seizes the opportunity. The Parks are embroiled in a complex situation: the matriarch is dying, while her husband has abandoned her for a much younger woman. He offers his wife a small divorce settlement, prompting outrage from his three adult children, who don’t agree on anything except they know he is concealing assets. Jia is tasked with sorting through the Park family’s drama, finding the missing money, and forcing a more equitable divorce settlement. But the Parks (and their staff) are all hiding secrets, and Jia must navigate an intricate web of family dynamics, legal complexities, and hidden agendas.