{"product_id":"deceptions-book-anna-porter-9781770415386","title":"Deceptions","description":"\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49538483126545,"sku":"GOR013365395","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50390470689041,"sku":"CIN1770415386G","price":6.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1770415386.jpg?v=1751444627","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/deceptions-book-anna-porter-9781770415386","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}