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Spiral

Spiral

by JosephGeary (Author)

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    Hardcover 2003

    $3.24

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    Paperback 2003

    $6.23
Synopsis

The most compelling and disturbing thriller since Silence Of The Lambs For six years, Nicholas Greer has been working on a biography of the late British painter, Frank Spira. Then comes the call that changes his life forever. Former art critic Barb Segal informs Nick that she's just bumped into Spira's ex-lover, Jacob Grossman: who disappeared in 1972 and has never been seen since - until now. When Nick tracks him down in New York, Grossman mentions a mysterious painting, The Incarnation, which Spira was alleged to have painted in Tangier in the late 1950s. If it really exists, this painting would be worth over USD 6 million. An hour after this meeting, Grossman is brutally murdered. A prime suspect in the ensuing police investigation, Nick's only hope of proving his innocence is to find out the truth about the painting. What exactly happened in Tangier in 1957? And just who is the sinister Collector who seems to be shadowing Nick? The truth about Spira's elusive masterpiece is more horrific, more shocking than Nick could ever have imagined.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 400
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
Published: 03 Mar 2003
ISBN 10: 0743232038
ISBN 13: 9780743232036

Media Reviews
Dubbed by the publisher the most compelling and disturbing thriller since Silence of the Lambs , Spiral turns out to be an excellent first novel, if hardly in the same class as Harris's now classic work. Nicholas Greer has been working on the biography of a late British painter Frank Spira. He is introduced to Spira's elusive ex-lover, who mentions a mysterious painting, now worth over $6 million, before being abruptly killed. To clear his name, Greer has to find the painting ahead of the sinister collector who shadows him... This is a satisfyingly twisty tale of artistic and sexual double-cross, with a grisly and memorable variation on the notion of stretch canvas. Geary writes well, clearly finding plenty of inspiration in the cut-throat art world, and draws some memorable characters. Recommended.
Author Bio
Born in Oxford in 1958, Joseph Geary now divides his time between the south of France and California. A former journalist, he now writes full-time. Spiral is his first novel.