The Chrysalis - Hardcover

Terrell, Heather

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0345494660 ISBN 13: 9780345494665

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 2007

Synopsis

Hard-driving Manhattan attorney Mara Coyne is confronted by the case of her career when she is asked to defend a prestigious auction house against claims that a mysterious Dutch masterpiece about to be sold is a Nazi wartime theft, a case that reveals the brutal methods used by the Nazis to pilfer art, as well as the corrupt underbelly of the art world itself. A first novel. 50,000 first printing.

About this title

Review:

Advance praise for The Chrysalis
"Quick, sure images, tight storytelling, solid suspense. A tense and vivid tale."
-Steve Berry, author of The Alexandria Link
"Fascinating history and assured storytelling make The Chrysalis one of those rare thrillers that both entertain and intrigue. This is a terrific debut!"
-Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of The Mephisto Club
"Flemish art, Nazi skullduggery, and American money-in The Chrysalis, Heather Terrell follows the path of a famous painting through an important period of history that must not be forgotten, and interweaves the stories of three centuries into a dark cocoon of intrigue and suspense."
-Katherine Neville, New York Times bestselling author of The Eight
"Only someone who feels a real love for art and the power of justice could have written a book like this."
-Javier Sierra, New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Supper

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Advance praise for The Chrysalis

"Quick, sure images, tight storytelling, solid suspense. A tense and vivid tale."
-Steve Berry, author of The Alexandria Link

"Fascinating history and assured storytelling make The Chrysalis one of those rare thrillers that both entertain and intrigue. This is a terrific debut!"
-Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of The Mephisto Club

"Flemish art, Nazi skullduggery, and American money-in The Chrysalis, Heather Terrell follows the path of a famous painting through an important period of history that must not be forgotten, and interweaves the stories of three centuries into a dark cocoon of intrigue and suspense."
-Katherine Neville, New York Times bestselling author of The Eight

"Only someone who feels a real love for art and the power of justice could have written a book like this."
-Javier Sierra, New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Supper
"From the Hardcover edition."

Advance praise for The Chrysalis
"Quick, sure images, tight storytelling, solid suspense. A tense and vivid tale."
-Steve Berry, author of The Alexandria Link
"Fascinating history and assured storytelling make The Chrysalis one of those rare thrillers that both entertain and intrigue. This is a terrific debut!"
-Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of The Mephisto Club
"Flemish art, Nazi skullduggery, and American money-in The Chrysalis, Heather Terrell follows the path of a famous painting through an important period of history that must not be forgotten, and interweaves the stories of three centuries into a dark cocoon of intrigue and suspense."
-Katherine Neville, New York Times bestselling author of The Eight
"Only someone who feels a real love for art and the power of justice could have written a book like this."
-Javier Sierra, New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Supper

From the Hardcover edition.

Advance praise for The Chrysalis

"Quick, sure images, tight storytelling, solid suspense. A tense and vivid tale."
-Steve Berry, author of The Alexandria Link

"Fascinating history and assured storytelling make The Chrysalis one of those rare thrillers that both entertain and intrigue. This is a terrific debut!"
-Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of The Mephisto Club

"Flemish art, Nazi skullduggery, and American money-in The Chrysalis, Heather Terrell follows the path of a famous painting through an important period of history that must not be forgotten, and interweaves the stories of three centuries into a dark cocoon of intrigue and suspense."
-Katherine Neville, New York Times bestselling author of The Eight

"Only someone who feels a real love for art and the power of justice could have written a book like this."
-Javier Sierra, New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Supper

From the Hardcover edition.

About the Author:

Heather Terrell is a lawyer with more than ten years’ experience as a litigator at two of the country’s premier law firms and for Fortune 500 companies. She is a graduate of Boston College and of the Boston University School of Law. She lives in Pittsburgh. The Chrysalis is her first novel.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0345494660
• ISBN 13: 9780345494665
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 225