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London, 1900: while Monet paints the mists over the Thames, two women's bodies are dragged from its depths. The painter recalls his youthful struggles, his first wife Camille and his scandalous relationship with Alice Hoschede. And he paints canvases that are a backdrop to the grisly killings.
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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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