The Knightsbridge Crowd

Mariana De' Carli
Fiction
Drama, Thriller, Contemporary
25-Feb-2025

Getting onto the invite list is hard, but staying there is even harder.

Knightsbridge is one of London's most exclusive postcodes, with cut-throat rules for anyone trying to make it into the social scene. Paisley juggles a budding career as a social columnist turned investigative journalist with ensuring she's got one foot in the door to London's elite. Her best friend, Allegra, reigns as the high society gatekeeper. Along with her friends, Paisley must navigate the reality of living in a place where staying ahead often matters more than doing the right thing.

Is everything fair play in order to belong? What secrets hide in plain sight when appearances are carefully curated? And how far is too far?

Mariana Fonseca De' Carli Orti is a Brazil-born author, linguist, and public speaker. She's published in both Portuguese and English after graduating from King's College London and Rome Business School in Italy. She works as a government-side trade & commercial advisor while continuing to write both contemporary fiction works as well as nonfiction focused on the Indigenous peoples of the Amazon. She is a contributing columnist with several publications globally, focused on topics around cultural trends and behaviours.

The Knightsbridge Crowd - Mariana De' Carli