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Already something of a cause celebre, this strongly erotic, or should I say explicit, thriller by an art historian takes the likes of Patricia Highsmith's ambiguous killer figure Tom Ripley and transforms him into a beautiful woman on the make, as cynical and deadly and obsessed with the finer things in life, who accepts no obstacles in her compulsive rush towards the top of the pile. Judith Rashleigh comes from the wrong side of the society tracks and is determined to enjoy a better life, better clothes, accessories, money, fame even. As a junior assistant in an auction house, she stumbles on a scam involving an old Stubbs painting and is unleashed on the world, seductive, murderous, sexually voracious in a world of high society, yachts, riches and total amorality. You might dislike the character but you won't be able to put her story down.
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Maestra The Most Shocking Thriller You'll Read This Year Synopsis
WHERE DO YOU GO WHEN YOU'VE GONE TOO FAR? Fatal Attraction meets The Talented Mr Ripley, soon to be a major Hollywood film - prepare for this year's The Girl on the Train Riveting ...One of the most memorable females in recent fiction Amy Pascal, Columbia Pictures Producer By day Judith Rashleigh is a put-upon assistant at a London auction house. By night she's a hostess in one of the capital's unsavoury bars. Desperate to make something of herself, Judith knows she has to play the game. She's learned to dress, speak and act in the interests of men. She's learned to be a good girl. But after uncovering a dark secret at the heart of the art world, Judith is fired and her dreams of a better life are torn apart. So she turns to a long-neglected friend. A friend that kept her chin up and back straight through every past slight. A friend that a good girl like her shouldn't have: Rage. The Talented Mr Ripley meets Gone Girl in this darkly decadent and compelling new thriller that asks: Where do you go when you've gone too far?
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781785760013 |
| Publication date: |
8th September 2016 |
| Author: |
L. S. Hilton |
| Publisher: |
Zaffre Publishing |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
394 pages |
| Primary Genre |
Thriller and Suspense
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L. S. Hilton Press Reviews
'[U]tterly un-put-down-able, a shocking and sexy psychological thriller PopSugar Brimming with scandal, intrigue and mystery, this is a book that everyone is talking about Heat Set in a world of oligarchs, Mafiosi and dodgy art dealers, it also has in Judith Rashleigh a heroine you'll either love or loathe, at least two jaw-on-the-floor moments and sex scenes that would make Christian Grey blush Red magazine The next Gone Girl thriller everyone will be talking about' GoodReads Review
'Smart, pacy and very rude' Glamour
'Riveting... one of the most memorable females in recent fiction' Amy Pascal, Columbia Pictures Producer
'Maestra features a feisty, morally complex and sharp heroine who may appeal to fans of Stieg Larsson's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl' New York Times
'A psychological thriller set on the French Riviera, rather like Patricia Highsmith crossed with Gone Girl, unsurprisingly, there's a film deal in the works' Harpers Bazaar, '10 Best Books for 2016
