{"product_id":"deceptions-a-helena-marsh-novel-9781770415386","title":"Deceptions: A Helena Marsh Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA savvy art world thriller with a strong, independent heroine and the follow-up to \u003ci\u003eThe Appraisal\u003c\/i\u003e, finalist for the 2018 Staunch Prize.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormer Budapest cop Attila Feher would really like to see art expert Helena Marsh again, so he arranges a contract for her to determine whether a painting is a copy of a famous Artemisia Gentileschi canvas or the real thing. A simple appraisal becomes a dangerous assignment when usual eastern European gangsters show up and people start dying and the seething corruption that underlies the lost promise of post-Soviet Hungary swirls to the surface. In a race to get to the truth and to outwit her adversaries, Helena and Attila must solve the mystery of the painting's origins.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRichly atmospheric, set in Strasbourg, Budapest, and Paris, this witty, sophisticated novel will satisfy readers of political thrillers by Alan Furst and Philip Kerr. \u003ci\u003eDeceptions\u003c\/i\u003e is a thinking-person's thriller, a romp to the last satisfying page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ECW Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/06\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781770415386\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288","brand":"Anna Porter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39398233735349,"sku":"9781770415386","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a91086f2-56e4-4f12-ac2d-1d6e416d9755.jpg?v=1615299919","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/deceptions-a-helena-marsh-novel-9781770415386","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}