Trick of the Eye - Softcover

Hitchcock, Jane Stanton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062259210 ISBN 13: 9780062259219

Publisher: Harper Paperbacks, 2013

Synopsis

Pub Date: 2013-06-04 Pages: 272 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins US For artist Faith Cromwell. it is the commission of a lifetime:. Painting the famed ballroom of an opulent Long Island estate But her new patron has a macabre fixation on the daughter who was brutally murdered in the house a decade earlier-one so intense that it jeopardizes Faiths own sense of mind. And as she pieces together the details of the grisly crime scene that shadows the house. Faith slowly discovers that she herself plays the starring role in a bizarre and dangerous charade.Sophisticated and chilling. Trick of the Eye explores a world where evil tarnishes privilege. and nothing is what it appears to be.

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Review:

"An elegant psychological thriller . . ."
-- "People"

"A sleek and villainous tale."--Dominick Dunne

"Hitchock's mysteries are savvy social satires and well-constructed clocks, ticking down to nail-biting climaxes."--New York Post

Hitchock s mysteries are savvy social satires and well-constructed clocks, ticking down to nail-biting climaxes. --New York Post"

Simultaneously luscious and ladylike. Pure pleasure for psychological-suspense fans. --"Kirkus Reviews""

A tautly controlled narrative voice and a prose style that transcends genre key the action in this gothic thriller about a successful trompe l oeil artist commissioned to work at a grand old estate on the North Shore of Long Island. --"Publishers Weekly""

A sleek and villainous tale. --Dominick Dunne"

"Simultaneously luscious and ladylike. Pure pleasure for psychological-suspense fans."--Kirkus Reviews

"A tautly controlled narrative voice and a prose style that transcends genre key the action in this gothic thriller about a successful trompe l'oeil artist commissioned to work at a grand old estate on the North Shore of Long Island."--Publishers Weekly

From the Back Cover:

For artist Faith Cromwell, it is the commission of a lifetime: painting the famed ballroom of an opulent Long Island estate. But her new patron has a macabre fixation on the daughter who was brutally murdered in the house a decade earlier--one so intense that it jeopardizes Faith's own sense of mind. And as she pieces together the details of the grisly crime scene that shadows the house, Faith slowly discovers that she herself plays the starring role in a bizarre and dangerous charade.

Sophisticated and chilling, Trick of the Eye explores a world where evil tarnishes privilege, and nothing is what it appears to be.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0062259210
• ISBN 13: 9780062259219
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272