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Struggling in the cut-throat art dealer world, Ethan finds a New York slum full of original paintings and drawings, and sets about finding out about them and their missing owner. But the police are also investigating, and the paintings turn out to be evidence, not art.
Synopsis
A thing of beauty is a joy forever - or at least until it kills you.
Book Details
Publisher:
LITTLE BROWN BOOKS GROUP
Publication Date:
29-Dec-2008
ISBN:
9780751540284
Guardian review
The Brutal Art
Sue Arnold the guardian Fri 01 May 2009
How do fabulously rich New Yorkers deal with their family skeletons, particularly when they prove to be not just alive and kicking but also painting acres of extraordinary pictures that sell for millions of dollars? And when it turns out that some of the artist's cherubic subjects were raped and murdered 40 years earlier, the price rockets. It is a clever, ingenious mystery that keeps you guessing to the end. Lorelei King's velvet voice could make Exchange & Mart a bestseller. But here she's only the cherry on top of an unusually rich and deeply satisfying cake.
