{"product_id":"the-fine-art-of-lying-9780063472075","title":"The Fine Art of Lying","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Alexandra Andrews is monied Manhattan's very own Agatha Christie.\"--Ada Calhoun\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the critically acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eWho is Maud Dixon?\u003c\/i\u003e comes a riveting new novel about a young wife and mother thrust into a world of wealth and privilege, whose rash mistake sets off a domino effect of murder and betrayal.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the beginning, there was art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was Clare Bast's love of art that saved her from a bleak, predictable life in upstate New York, and drew her to the cultured world of Manhattan's Upper East Side where she met Jed, her doting, affluent husband.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite her best efforts--including a half-finished PhD, abandoned when her daughter Sadie was born--Clare secretly can't help but feel like an imposter in Jed's one-percent, Park-Avenue life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the well-connected wife of Jed's new boss introduces her to influential friends--a curator here, a gallerist there, an aficionado abroad--Clare feels an essential part of herself coming alive again. And when she discovers that an important work painted by the subject of her unfinished dissertation is hanging in the brownstone of a seductively attractive dealer, she believes fate is leading her where she belongs . . . until she finds herself at the scene of a gruesome murder and a stolen masterpiece. Caught in the perfectly wrong place at the perfectly wrong time, every clue the investigation uncovers points back to her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuddenly, Clare is trapped inside a dark and treacherous art world filled with unscrupulous dealers and international criminals. What, exactly, has she gotten herself into . . . and how is she going to get herself, and her family, out?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexandra Andrews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.29h x 6.29w x 0.82d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063472075\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/10\/2026 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrews, Alexandra:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlexandra Andrews\u003c\/strong\u003e has worked as a journalist, editor, and copywriter in New York and Paris. Her novel \u003cem\u003eWho Is Maud Dixon?\u003c\/em\u003e was published in 28 languages around the world, and was named a best book\/mystery of the year by the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, NPR\u003cem\u003e, Time, \u003c\/em\u003e the \u003cem\u003eNew York Post, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and children.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Alexandra Andrews \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48231291814045,"sku":"9780063472075","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_5bdce5cb-c927-43e9-aca8-442c619735c8.jpg?v=1778577762","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-fine-art-of-lying-9780063472075","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}