In the Kingdom of Mists - Hardcover
While Claude Monet paints the wintry mists over the Thames, the bodies of two young women are dragged from its murky depths, arousing fears of a return of Jack the Ripper. Craston, a green diplomat at the Foreign Office, is unwillingly drawn into the police investigation—and ordered to keep an eye on the visiting French artist. All the while, neither man knows that the source of the horror stalks the floor above M. Monet's suite...
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London 1900: Monet has returned to London to paint the Thames -- not prepared for the gruesome sight he encounters while he works.
While Monet paints his famous Thames series he recalls his youth: his struggles, his beloved first wife Camille, his scandalous relationship with Alice Hoschedé -- all the while creating the haunting canvases that act as the backdrop to a series of grizzly, psychopathic killings.
Oliver Craston, fledgling diplomat at the Foreign Office and recent acquaintance of M. Monet, has become unwillingly drawn into the police investigation into the murders. But neither man knows that the source of the horror stalks the floor above M. Monet?s suite at the Savoy Hotel.
This compelling and richly textured novel is an atmospheric exploration of the life of an artist, a murder thriller, and a triumphant example of ?art fiction? not unlike Tulip Fever and Girl With a Pearl Earring.
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While Monet paints his famous Thames series he recalls his youth: his struggles, his beloved first wife Camille, his scandalous relationship with Alice Hoschedé -- all the while creating the haunting canvases that act as the backdrop to a series of grizzly, psychopathic killings.
Oliver Craston, fledgling diplomat at the Foreign Office and recent acquaintance of M. Monet, has become unwillingly drawn into the police investigation into the murders. But neither man knows that the source of the horror stalks the floor above M. Monet?s suite at the Savoy Hotel.
This compelling and richly textured novel is an atmospheric exploration of the life of an artist, a murder thriller, and a triumphant example of ?art fiction? not unlike Tulip Fever and Girl With a Pearl Earring.
“A lovely novel – compulsively readable and beautifully written.” -- Colin Dexter
“The novel tells a dramatic story about crime and perception, art and reality through the eyes of the famous painter, the policeman and a young diplomat. Multi-layered and voiced, this is a fascinating attempt to add an extra dimension to this historical crime novel.” -- Guardian
“The novel tells a dramatic story about crime and perception, art and reality through the eyes of the famous painter, the policeman and a young diplomat. Multi-layered and voiced, this is a fascinating attempt to add an extra dimension to this historical crime novel.” -- Guardian
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- PublisherBerkley
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0425195120
- ISBN 13 9780425195123
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages368
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