Artifice: An astonishing French thriller with a jaw-dropping twist

A literary thriller set in modern Paris, featuring questions of identity, shenanigans in the art world, love, and murder. Abel Bac, a police officer, is suspended from duty and haunted by a recurring nightmare. He walks the streets of Paris, hoping to lose himself, but always finds his way home. In museums across Paris, strange things are happening, such as a white horse appearing in the library of the Pompidou Centre and stuffed wolves being displayed in a gallery. Abel is becoming more and more unnerved and discovers that nothing about these events is coincidental.

Format: Hardback
Length: 352 pages
Publication date: 01 August 2024
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group

MICHÈLE ROBERTS'S "THE ARTIST" IS A THRILLING LITERARY MYSTERY SET IN MODERN PARIS THAT EXPLORES QUESTIONS OF IDENTITY, SHENANIGANS IN THE ART WORLD, LOVE, AND MURDER. THE NOVEL FOLLOWS ABEL BAC, A POLICE OFFICER WHO HAS BEEN SUSPENDED FROM DUTY FOR UNKNOWN REASONS AND WALKS THE STREETS OF PARIS HOPING TO LOSE HIMSELF IN THE CITY. ALL THAT GIVES HIM COMFORT ARE THE NINETY-FOUR ORCHIDS WHICH POPULATE HIS SMALL APARTMENT. IN MUSEUMS ACROSS PARIS, SOMETHING STRANGE IS HAPPENING. A WHITE HORSE APPEARS IN THE LIBRARY OF THE POMPIDOU CENTRE, STUFFED WOLVES ARE DISPLAYED IN A GALLERY, AND THE POLICE ARE BAFFLED. ABEL, WHO IS LINKED TO IT ALL, IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE UNNERVED. SOON, THE HIDDEN DARKNESS OF HIS LIFE WILL RISE TO THE SURFACE AND LEAD HIM TO MILA, THE MYSTERIOUS ARTIST AT THE HEART OF THIS ENIGMA. AND THEN HE DISCOVERS THAT NOTHING ABOUT THESE EVENTS IS COINCIDENTAL. "THE ARTIST" IS TRANSLATED BY SPIE LEWIS AND IS AVAILABLE IN BOOKSTORES NOW.

Weight: 552g
Dimension: 163 x 242 x 35 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781914495922