βA MASTERFUL PLOT AND DEAD-ON PACING.ββEntertainment Weekly
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βFrom its first hip, cynical, snarky, confessional pages, this deftly plotted novel rivets the readerβ¦a must buy.ββBooklist
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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 brillianceβand their moneymaking potential. Strictly speaking, the drawings donβt belong to Ethan. But great art demands an audience, and before long Ethanβs wildly successful show is being covered by the Timesβ¦where 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 madmanβor the madman himselfβ¦