ABINGDON’S is the most glamorous and successful department store in New York. A fantasy palace for the super-rich, the hyper-chic. Against this dazzling, erotic background a bitter power struggle is being played out. One woman and two men fight for the presidency of the store as Abingdon’s faces the worst Christmas season in its history… a nightmare of snowstorms, bomb-scares, plunging profits, soaring tension and sexual scandal.

          From executive suite to basement boiler-room, this fast-paced, suspenseful novel uncovers the hidden machinery of a huge department store through the interlinked personal stories of the men and women who are its lifeblood.