Fiction
The Painter
by Deirdre Quiery
Description
In a desire to impress the people who visit his workshop, renowned artist The Painter, employs a gardener to create an inspirational landscape which includes a labyrinth, an orange grove and Moorish-inspired fountains. They develop an intimate relationship and the Painter, whose life and talent had become increasingly dissipated, finds himself slowly recovering his original innocence and talent. However, the relationship is tainted by the Painter's jealousy when visitors express more interest in the magical garden and mysterious labyrinth than in the Painter's art. That jealously blossoms into deadly rage when The Painter catches the gardener changing one of his paintings.... Deirdre Quiery's compelling new thriller explores themes of love, life and deceit, and examines the lengths we will go to pursue and protect our passions.
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Set in contemporary Spain. The author also lives in Spain and is available to support any national and regional events for a Spanish edition.
Endorsements
'Sinister, mysterious, redemptive, this modern day folklore and its almost mythic characters will haunt you.' - Rose McGinty, author of Electric Souk
Reviews
I was gripped from the start and felt like I had been transported to the beautiful island of Mallorca. As is the case with all three novels, I really like the way the reader experiences the journey that the main characters go on, the relationships they have with others and the unexpected twists woven in are fabulous too. In the Painter, having quotes from Picasso at the start of each chapter was a nice touch. Hoping there will be a fourth novel soon?
Author Biography
Based in Mallorca where she runs Seven Rocks Consulting, Deirdre is the winner of the Alexander Imich Prize in the US for writing about exceptional human experiences, and the Birmingham Trophy Prize in the UK. Deirdre has written three novels, Eden Burning, The Secret Wound and The Painter.
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Copyright Urbane Publications and Deirdre Quiery 2019
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- Publisher/Imprint Urbane Publications / Urbane Fiction
- Publication Date July 2019
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781912666355 / 1912666359
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 8.99 GBP
- Pages320
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleEnglish
- Original Language AuthorsEnglish
- Copyright Year2019
- Page size198x129 (198x129) mm
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