
Duplicate Lives
by Jay Rodrigues




This sly debut novel from Jay Rodrigues delves into deep themes about our social-media-driven obsession with youth, beauty, and conformity ... at any price.
Cameron Beck has found his dream job at the Oakwood Town Center, Connecticut’s famous upscale planned community. Oakwood has been touted for its innovative suburban eutopia design and is growing fast, providing a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for an ambitious young architect.
Cameron’s new job includes a rent-free apartment at the Arch, Oakwood’s opulent flagship residential building, where every amenity is available at a moment’s notice. The crowd at The Arch is professional, sophisticated, and on the move. The people are beautiful. The families are picture-perfect. Even the pets are well-behaved.
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It all seems too good to be true, especially after fellow resident and new friend Toussaint Robinson confides to Cameron over too many drinks that the outer perfection of Oakwood is an illusion masking a dark underbelly. According to Toussaint, something is deeply wrong at The Arch. He tells Cameron that residents seem to be leaving Oakwood under strange circumstances and have been impossible to track down. When Toussaint turns up dead and it’s ruled a suicide by Oakwood’s private medical examiner, Cameron is determined to find out what’s hiding under the veneer of perfection at Oakwood.
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