Still Lives
The stunning Reese Witherspoon Book Club thriller, perfect for fans of Gone Girl and Big Little Lies
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Publisher Description
WINNER OF STYLIST BOOK WARS
A SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB PICK
THE POOL'S BEDTIME BOOK CLUB PICK
SHORTLISTED FOR AMAZON'S BEST MYSTERY/THRILLER OF THE YEAR
A REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK
'Thrilling' Reese Witherspoon
'Addictive' Stylist
'Vibrant' Observer
'Sensational' Guardian
'Elegant' Daily Mail
'Wonderful' Sunday Times
'Compelling' Entertainment Weekly
'Lyrical' Wall Street Journal
'Gripping' Bustle
'Stunning' LA Times
'Smart' Good Housekeeping
'Sophisticated' Grazia
'Ice-pick sharp' Louise Candlish
As the party of the year gets underway, celebrities and patrons pour into the Rocque Museum to see Kim Lord - L.A.'s artist of the moment - stabbed, strangled, shot, and beaten. It's the opening night of 'Still Lives', Kim's new collection of shockingly graphic self-portraits, in which she impersonates the victims of America's most famous homicides, from Nicole Brown Simpson to the Black Dahlia.
Among those gathered is Maggie Richter, a museum editor whose ex, Greg Shaw Ferguson, is in a relationship with Kim. When Kim fails to appear at the party and is declared officially missing, Greg is arrested on suspicion of murder. Suddenly, Maggie finds herself drawn into an investigation of her own, haunted by the thought that Kim has suffered the same terrible fate as the women in her paintings.
'Think a mix of Killing Eve and . . . one of those thrillers that keeps you up till 2am when you've a 6am alarm and you're close to the mark' Stylist
'An up-all-night brain-teaser of a murder mystery. I loved it' Louise Candlish, author of Our House
Perfect for fans of The Girls, Gone Girl and Big Little Lies.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Art and murder find common ground in Maria Hummel's first-rate thriller about a museum staffer's search for a missing superstar artist whose work focuses on female homicide victims. Hummel's real-world experience working at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles lends authenticity to the novel's deep dive into the city's cliquish, ultra-competitive art scene. But underneath the page-turning suspense, Hummel delivers pointed feminist critiques of pop culture's fetishisation of violence against women—and the city’s long history of turning both murderers and victims into stars. Reese Witherspoon, who chose the novel for her book club, calls it “the ultimate mystery set in L.A”.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
When artist Kim Lord fails to show up at Los Angeles's Rocque Museum for the gala opening of her show of self-portraits in the guises of famous murdered women such as Nicole Brown Simpson, museum staff editor Maggie Richter, the narrator of this exceptional suspense novel from Hummel (Motherland), gets involved in the subsequent investigation, in which Kim's boyfriend, gallerist Greg Shaw Ferguson Maggie's ex becomes the primary suspect in her disappearance. In her quest for the truth, Maggie must navigate the social and emotional edges of her own relationships, unsure of whom to trust. The careful characterizations of the players in the Rocque's sphere of influence mean that, as the mystery unfolds to reveal them as suspects or victims, the reader feels deep empathy that comes from perceiving them as real people, not plot devices. Hummel builds visceral intimacy around "women's oppressive anxiety about ultimate vulnerability" in this often uncomfortable tale about the media's fetishistic fascination with the violent murders of beautiful women.
