Rumor of Deceit

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Summary: Great Read
Review: Great read! A very well-written thriller. Totally engaging right from the start. A frustrated artist in NYC is sick of getting rejected because he's a nobody so he makes it look like he might have killed a developer guy (famous Trump-like character). Since the unsolved murder's been in the news, the artist becomes a 15-minute celebrity and uses the headlines to re-invent his career. He's got an airtight alibi but hides it and plans to reveal it at the trial many moons away, but then the real killer contacts him secretly. He's got his own ideas for the celebrity artist which are pretty scary and change everything. Great ending! lots of surprises along the way.

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Summary: I loved this book
Review: Loved this book! Finished it over the weekend -- a real page-turner, couldn't put it down. Interesting plot with the main character, an artist, devising a scheme to get free publicity that works at first then backfires bigtime. The characters including the artist were very interesting and reminded me of real people in the city. The author got Manhattan down pretty good, not just details but the feel of it. big payoff at the end that was great! Would make a good movie.