The Gravity of Shadows - Hardcover

Ramus, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0333730526 ISBN 13: 9780333730522

Publisher: Macmillan, 1998

Synopsis

David Ramus first introduced readers to the art world's seamy underbelly in Thief of Life, his debut, written "with the force and speed of a high-ticket auction" (Publishers Weekly). Building on the success of his first groundbreaking hit, The Gravity of Shadows paints a new masterpiece of riveting suspense. Using southern Florida's towering glass mansions, pristine sandy beaches, and brilliant blue ocean as a backdrop, Ramus once again showcases his razor-sharp prose in an electrifying tale that is truly a work of art.When New York art dealer Wil Summer is brought to reclusive millionaire Andrew Stevenson's ocean-front mansion to appraise a cache of priceless art treasures, he finds himself caught in the dangerous undertow of deadly intrigue, political machinations, and murder. Deeply entangled in the net of mystery Wil is committed to helping track down the man who murdered Stevenson's wife. The Gravity of Shadows is suspense fiction at its pulse-pounding best.

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Review

The most amazing thing about this enjoyable new thriller by the author of the much-praised Thief of Light is that it exists at all. David Ramus was a top New York City art dealer who got into big trouble because of drug use and escalating debts in a dying art market. His first book was written to pay back his creditors; this one, his second, was written in a Federal prison where Ramus was serving a year's sentence for interstate transportation of stolen art. "The constant friction of human contact, the noise and dirt and the simple fact that there is no such thing as a comfortable chair in prison makes it incredibly difficult to sit down with your thoughts and ideas and turn them into meaningful words on a page," he says. In spite of this, The Gravity of Shadows is a smoothly written, carefully plotted story about a desperate New York art dealer, Wil Sumner, who takes a job appraising a private collection in his old home town of Palm Beach, Florida. Scandal, corruption, wayward sex, and murder are some of the things that Sumner finds hiding behind the priceless pictures. --Dick Adler

About the Author

Once hailed by Cosmopolitan magazine as a "Bachelor-of-the-Month," Ramus lost $5 million when the art market crashed. He lives with his wife and children in Palm Beach, Florida.

Edition details

• Publisher: Macmillan
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333730526
• ISBN 13: 9780333730522
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304