“The Secret Dinner” featured on the New York Times’ summer hotlist

Raphael Montes’ brilliant, bestselling novel The Secret Dinner has been selected by The New York Times as one of “The novels everyone will be reading this summer.”

A publishing phenomenon in Brazil and an international bestseller, The Secret Dinner will be published in English in August 2026. A darkly addictive thriller blending satire, horror, and social commentary, the novel follows four young friends whose secret venture spirals into increasingly shocking territory.

Raphael Montes is one of Brazil’s most acclaimed contemporary crime writers. His novels have sold over one million copies and have been translated into more than 25 languages.