âA MASTERFUL PLOT AND DEAD-ON PACING.ââEntertainment Weekly âFrom its first hip, cynical, snarky, confessional pages, this deftly plotted novel rivets the readerâŠa must buy.ââBooklist
In a decaying New York slum, a tenant named Victor Cracke has disappeared, leaving behind countless cardboard boxes of strange, original artwork. Gallery owner Ethan Muller can see their brillianceâand their moneymaking potential. Strictly speaking, the drawings donât belong to Ethan. But great art demands an audience, and before long Ethanâs wildly successful show is being covered by the TimesâŠwhere it attracts the attention of the police. Because the subjects of the pictures look exactly like the victims in a long-cold murder case. Ethan has received a letter saying stop stop stop. And the still-missing genius may be the link to a madmanâor the madman himselfâŠ
âA MASTERFUL PLOT AND DEAD-ON PACING.ââEntertainment Weekly âFrom its first hip, cynical, snarky, confessional pages, this deftly plotted novel rivets the readerâŠa must buy.ââBooklist
In a decaying New York slum, a tenant named Victor Cracke has disappeared, leaving behind countless cardboard boxes of strange, original artwork. Gallery owner Ethan Muller can see their brillianceâand their moneymaking potential. Strictly speaking, the drawings donât belong to Ethan. But great art demands an audience, and before long Ethanâs wildly successful show is being covered by the TimesâŠwhere it attracts the attention of the police. Because the subjects of the pictures look exactly like the victims in a long-cold murder case. Ethan has received a letter saying stop stop stop. And the still-missing genius may be the link to a madmanâor the madman himselfâŠ