“A MASTERFUL PLOT AND DEAD-ON PACING.”—Entertainment Weekly
“From its first hip, cynical, snarky, confessional pages, this deftly plotted novel rivets the reader…a must buy.”—Booklist
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 brilliance—and their moneymaking potential. Strictly speaking, the drawings don’t belong to Ethan. But great art demands an audience, and before long Ethan’s wildly successful show is being covered by the Times…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 madman—or the madman himself…
- ISBN10 0399154590
- ISBN13 9780399154591
- Publish Date 10 April 2008 (first published 1 April 2008)
- Publish Status Remaindered
- Out of Print 27 August 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Putnam Adult
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 374
- Language English