|
|
The Lost Van Gogh : A Novel
by Jonathan Santlofer
Alternating between his perilous hunt for the Lost Van Gogh, and the glamorous life John Decker remade for himself after serving time for forgery, this intricately woven historical thriller follows Luke Perrone as he unearths several mysteries best left untouched as he gets closer to the truth.
|
|
Hello Stranger
by Katherine Center
After a routine surgery a struggling artist loses the ability to see people's faces but can still see animal faces in the new novel from the New York Times best-selling author of What You Wish For.
|
|
|
|
|
The Lost Story : A Novel
by Meg Shaffer
Forced to return to the enchanted world they called home for six months 15 years ago to confront their shared past no matter how traumatic the memories, reclusive artist Rafe and famed missing persons' investigator Jeremy search for their friend Emilie's sister?—?and for everything they've lost.
|
|
Whisper Down the Lane
by Clay McLeod Chapman
Richard doesn’t have a past. For him, there is only the present: a new marriage, a first chance at fatherhood, and a quiet life as an art teacher in Virginia. Then the body of a ritualistically murdered rabbit appears on his school’s playground, along with a birthday card for him. But Richard hasn’t celebrated his birthday since he was known as Sean . . .
|
|
|
|
|
Nothing Special : A Novel
by Nicole Flattery
In 1966 New York City, 17-year-old Mae drops out of school to work as a typist for the artist Andy Warhol and, transcribing the recordings of conversations and experiences with his many famous friends, becomes obsessed with the tapes, grappling with the thin line between art and voyeurism.
|
|
Between Two Strangers : A Novel of Suspense
by Kate White
A struggling artist is shocked when she learns she is the recipient of a large inheritance from someone she doesn't know and the mysterious benefactor's furious widow accuses her of an affair and vows revenge.
|
|
|
|
|
The Paradise Problem
by Christina Lauren
A buttoned-up heir of a grocery chain and his free-spirited artist ex must convince his snobby family their marriage of convenience is real, or lose a massive inheritance.
|
|
The Last Gift of the Master Artists
by Ben Okri
A boy and a girl meet by chance on a riverbank in Africa. One is the son of a king, struggling to find his place in the world, the other the daughter of a craftsman from the secretive tribe of master artists. The prince, entranced, stays hidden in the bushes. The girl, knowing nothing of him but his voice, agrees to meet again. When she fails to appear the next day, he begins to search for her, tracing her at last to her village where, disguised as an apprentice, he finds a place in her father's workshop. But this is no fairy tale, no conventional love story. Their world-though they don't know it yet-is ending. A strange wind has begun to blow, and in its wake, things are disappearing: songs, stories, artworks, and finally, people. Beautiful ships with white sails are glimpsed on the horizon...
|
|
|
|
|
Thistlefoot
by GennaRose Nethercott
Reunited when they receive a strange inheritance—a sentient house on chicken legs called Thistlefoot, the Yaga siblings -Bellatine, a young woodworker, and Isaac, a wayfaring street performer and con artist find themselves being hunted by the Longshadow Man, who bears with him violent secrets from the past: fiery memories that have hidden in their blood for generations.
|
|
All Fours : A Novel
by Miranda July
Ditching her California life for the open road, a restless, semi-famous artist leaves her husband, child and career and reinvents herself in a motel room, embarking on a journey of self-discovery and what it means to be alive and free.
|
|
|
|
|
You'd Look Better as a Ghost
by Joanna Wallace
Claire, an aspiring artist and part-time serial killer, realizes someone is watching her—someone who knows about her murderous hobby—and she, while attending a weekly bereavement support group after losing her father, must finish off her blackmailer before they reveal all.
|
|
The Flames
by Sophie Haydock
Vienna at the dawn of the 20th century is an opulent, extravagant city teeming with art, music, and radical ideas. A place where the social elite attend glamorous balls in the city’s palaces while young intellectuals decry the empire across the tables of crowded cafés. It is a city where anything seems possible—if you are a man. From this world emerge four muses, women whose bodies are rendered in intimate detail by the charming yet controversial young artist Egon Schiele: Gertrude, his sister, is possessive, single-minded, and jealous; his mistress, Vally, a young woman from an impoverished background, is making her way as a model for the famed painter Gustav Klimt; and Edith and Adele Harms, wealthy sisters, are vying to become the wife of their scandalous neighbor Schiele.
|
|
|
|
|
River Woman, River Demon : A Novel
by Jennifer Givhan
Eva Santos Moon is a burgeoning Chicana artist who practices the ancient, spiritual ways of brujerâia and curanderisma, but she's at one of her lowest points-suffering from disorienting blackouts, creative stagnation, and a feeling of disconnect from her magickal roots. When her husband, a beloved university professor and the glue that holds their family together, is taken into custody for the shocking murder of their friend, Eva doesn't know whom to trust-least of all, herself. She soon falls under suspicion as a potential suspect, and her past rises to the surface, dredging up the truth about an eerily similar death from her childhood. Eva realizes she must use her magick as a bruja to protect herself and her loved ones, while confronting her own dark history.
|
|
|