Unbecoming A Novel |
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Author:
| Scherm, Rebecca |
ISBN: | 978-0-14-312831-1 |
Publication Date: | Dec 2015 |
Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group
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Imprint: | Penguin Books |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $17.00 |
Book Description:
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EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL "Startlingly inventive." --The New York Times Book Review A highly praised debut novel of psychological suspense about a daring art heist, a cat-and-mouse waiting game, and a small-town girl's mesmerizing transformation, by the author of A House Between Earth and the Moon On the grubby outskirts of Paris, Grace restores bric-a-brac, mends teapots, and resets gems. She calls herself...
More Description EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL
"Startlingly inventive." --The New York Times Book Review
A highly praised debut novel of psychological suspense about a daring art heist, a cat-and-mouse waiting game, and a small-town girl's mesmerizing transformation, by the author of A House Between Earth and the Moon
On the grubby outskirts of Paris, Grace restores bric-a-brac, mends teapots, and resets gems. She calls herself Julie, says she's from California, and slips back to a rented room at night. In truth, home is Garland, Tennessee, where two young men have just been paroled. Both were jailed for a crime that Grace planned. The heist went bad--but not before she was on a plane to Prague, contraband in her bag. As Grace's web of deception unravels, she begins a cat-and-mouse game that echoes the best of Alfred Hitchcock and Patricia Highsmith and is sure to appeal to fans of The Girl on the Train.