French Girl with Mother

A Novel

Fiction & Literature, Crime, Literary, Mystery & Suspense
Cover of the book French Girl with Mother by Norman Ollestad, Counterpoint Press
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Author: Norman Ollestad ISBN: 9781619028630
Publisher: Counterpoint Press Publication: September 19, 2016
Imprint: Counterpoint Language: English
Author: Norman Ollestad
ISBN: 9781619028630
Publisher: Counterpoint Press
Publication: September 19, 2016
Imprint: Counterpoint
Language: English

**From the New York Times–bestselling author of Crazy for the Storm. “**Body Heat meets Swimming Pool with an injection of Patricia Highsmith” (The Hollywood Reporter).

Nathan is a young artist traveling across Europe in search of the emotional fire that has been missing from his work. He’s been deemed by his mentors and critics as technically skillful but uninspired—criticisms he fears to be true. On a Paris street, he witnesses the volatile breakup of a young French woman and her beau. Nathan pursues a meeting with the woman, and it very quickly becomes evident that her provocative charisma and scathing beauty just may conjure the electricity he has been seeking for his work. So when the woman invites him to her parents’ crumbling, centuries-old chateau in the country to allow him to sketch her, he accepts, knowing that this proposition is both ill advised and thrilling.

Once enveloped by this isolated estate, a door opens to a world Nathan is not prepared for. The arrival of the young woman’s family—her mother, a volatile, voracious former ballerina, her father, a mysterious businessman with secrets of his own, and her uncle, who might be trafficking in art forgeries.

“A unique, atmospheric literary thriller with a strong sense of place that will have appeal for fans of both Scandinavian crime fiction and psychological thrillers.” —Booklist

“Finely wrought; Ollestad builds a delicate tension between the characters, exposing their raw desire and exploring the concept of artistic inspiration . . . A quietly tense and absorbing read.” —Kirkus Reviews

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**From the New York Times–bestselling author of Crazy for the Storm. “**Body Heat meets Swimming Pool with an injection of Patricia Highsmith” (The Hollywood Reporter).

Nathan is a young artist traveling across Europe in search of the emotional fire that has been missing from his work. He’s been deemed by his mentors and critics as technically skillful but uninspired—criticisms he fears to be true. On a Paris street, he witnesses the volatile breakup of a young French woman and her beau. Nathan pursues a meeting with the woman, and it very quickly becomes evident that her provocative charisma and scathing beauty just may conjure the electricity he has been seeking for his work. So when the woman invites him to her parents’ crumbling, centuries-old chateau in the country to allow him to sketch her, he accepts, knowing that this proposition is both ill advised and thrilling.

Once enveloped by this isolated estate, a door opens to a world Nathan is not prepared for. The arrival of the young woman’s family—her mother, a volatile, voracious former ballerina, her father, a mysterious businessman with secrets of his own, and her uncle, who might be trafficking in art forgeries.

“A unique, atmospheric literary thriller with a strong sense of place that will have appeal for fans of both Scandinavian crime fiction and psychological thrillers.” —Booklist

“Finely wrought; Ollestad builds a delicate tension between the characters, exposing their raw desire and exploring the concept of artistic inspiration . . . A quietly tense and absorbing read.” —Kirkus Reviews

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