Presentation Editor: When Ethan Muller, owner of a gallery, put his hand on a series of drawings of exceptional quality, he knows he can finally make a name in the ruthless world of art dealers. Their mysterious author, Victor Crack, disappeared, body and soul, having lived nearly forty years a recluse in New York in a shabby apartment. Once the designs are made public, the critics were unanimous: this is the work of a genius. Mechanics goes wrong on the day a retired cop recognizes some portraits on the faces of children who, years earlier, a mysterious serial killer. Ethan then embarks on an investigation that will soon turn into an obsession. This is the beginning of a downward spiral to the drama and the dramatic turn of events worthy of the greatest final thrillers. Far from the usual thrillers calibrated, Jesse Kellerman, peerless stylist, offers us a novel of undeniable literary quality that, coupled with a Machiavellian plot, place the book at the outset of the greatest achievements of the genre, such Mystic River, Dennis Lehane, or The Analyst by John Katzenbach.
Me: I must say that I think back cover is somewhat misleading. I do not know what kind I should classify it because for me it's far from a police officer, detective, thriller.
Certainly we Ethan Muller, an art dealer, gallery owner of his own, with his father in cold, not too in touch with the rest of his family. The right arm of his father contacted him towards a discovery he made. Ethan does not believe his eyes and never seen such a work. The only problem is how to explain - even if there is no trace of the artist is not serious. The media talk about what makes good advertising. But it arouses the curiosity of a retired police acknowledge that some think portraits of murdered children thirty, forty years earlier.
Although Ethan is trying to create a shell on his "new" protected itself begins by being curious to know if the artist Victor had something to do with the murders or not. Ethan begins to gently detach the work that he asked his gallery to continue his research to find the trace of Victor Crack ...
I found the pace slow, it drags on certain topics. I was not caught as I would have thought after the fourth cover. Fortunately, a certain side there are few interludes that were quickly realize will be a link with the family of one of the characters ...
Unless maybe it's me that is not included in the story itself.
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