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The Art of Deception
Elizabeth Ironside
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Paperback, 392 pages; 2009
$14.95
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Art historian Nicholas Ochterlonie is the very model of a modern English gentleman: He has a perfectly ordered life in which everything—or so he thinks—is exactly as it seems. But when his wife inexplicably demands a divorce, he finds himself diving into uncertainty. Soon he is risking his professional reputation, breaking the law, and embarking on a delirious affair with the mysterious Julian, a beautiful woman who is badly damaged by her past with a Russian gangster. Protecting Julian from the Mafya and challenging his colleagues’ pet convictions give Nicholas an intoxicating new sense of himself as a dashing hero, unafraid to grapple with difficult truths. But he soon finds events spiraling out of control. A gripping mystery by the award-winning author of Death in the Garden, The Art of Deception is a fascinating character study—with a stunning surprise in its tail.
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