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By Tea Cooper

In The Talented Mrs. Greenway, readers are invited into the mysterious world of Agatha Greenway, a renowned painter with a shadowy past. As her intricate and captivating artwork takes the art world by storm, whispers of her enigmatic life story begin to spread.

Set against the backdrop of the bustling art scene in New York City, this gripping novel explores the boundaries between art and reality, fame and anonymity, and the price of hidden truths. As Agatha's carefully constructed facade starts to crumble, readers are taken on a journey that blurs the lines between perception and deception.

With masterful storytelling and a keen eye for detail, The Talented Mrs. Greenway is a compelling exploration of artistry, ambition, and the secrets that lie beneath the surface. Dive into this mesmerizing tale and uncover the hidden layers of Agatha Greenway's world.

Discover the truth behind the talent in The Talented Mrs. Greenway.

Australia. HQ fiction. 2023. 378p.

By Chris Cleave

NY. Simon and Schuster. 2008. 298p.

The novel alternates between the perspectives of Little Bee and Sarah, a British woman whose life intersects with Little Bee's when they meet on a Nigerian beach two years before Little Bee's arrival in England. As the two women's stories unfold, the novel explores themes of identity, trauma, and the complexities of human relationships.

Through the character of Little Bee, the novel sheds light on the experiences of refugees and asylum seekers, and the challenges they face as they try to build new lives in unfamiliar and often hostile environments. It also explores issues of race, privilege, and the legacy of colonialism, as well as the impact of global economic and political forces on the lives of individuals and communities.

By Edgar Allan Poe.

The discovery of a message in code on a shoreline formerly infested with pirates sends William Legrand and his friends on a hunt for buried treasure.

London: Routledge, 1891. 153p.

By Wilkie Collins.

This book is a 19th-century novel by the master of sensation fiction, Wilkie Collins. A country gentleman is killed in an accident and his wife dies shortly after him. The blow is double for their daughters, who discover that they were born before their parents were married. Their sudden illegitimacy robs them of their inheritance and their accustomed place in society.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1873. 622p.

By G.K. Chesterton.

It is very difficult to classify The Man Who Was Thursday. It is possible to say that it is a gripping adventure story of murderous criminals and brilliant policemen; but it was to be expected that the author of the Father Brown stories should tell a detective story like no-one else. On this level, therefore, The Man Who Was Thursday succeeds superbly; if nothing else, it is a magnificent tour-de-force of suspense-writing. However, the reader will soon discover that it is much more than that. Carried along on the boisterous rush of the narrative by Chesterton’s wonderful high-spirited style, he will soon see that he is being carried into much deeper waters than he had planned on; and the totally unforeseeable denouement will prove for the modern reader, as it has for thousands of others since 1908 when the book was first published, an inevitable and moving experience, as the investigators finally discover who Sunday is.

Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith, 1908. 329p.

By Gaston Leroux.

Excerpt: “Excerpt: "The Nut lay on the scorching beach facing the terrible sea in which the hungry sharks, the warders of his prison, were disporting. The convict was like a weary animal at rest. In truth, he had availed himself of the "relaxation" at ten o'clock to seek out a little fresh air and seclusion between two precipitous crags which cut him off from the rest of the convict settlement. If only he could live alone! No longer to hear anything. No longer to see anything! No longer to think of anything. But how could he help thinking of what he had seen, of what he had been compelled to see, that morning?"

NY. Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. (1924) 191 pages.

By Gaston Leroux..

The Phantom of the Opera is the most famous novel by Gaston Leroux. It is believed to be based in George du Maurier's Trilby. The novel is partly inspired by historical events at the Paris Opera during the nineteenth century and an apocryphal tale concerning the use of a former ballet pupil's skeleton in Carl Maria von Weber's 1841 production of Der Freischütz. It has been successfully adapted into various stage and film adaptations, most notable of which are the 1925 film depiction featuring Lon Chaney, and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical — Wikipedia.

NY. Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. (1911) 270 pages.