Sunday, May 4, 2008

The Genius by Jesse Kellerman


Ethan Muller owns an art gallery in New York. One day he gets a phone call from Tony Wexler, his father's closest friend, telling him that he's found some amazing drawings in an abandoned apartment that Ethan's father owns. Ethan, too, thinks the art is incredible, and moves it to his gallery to mount a show. Ethan spends a bit of time trying to find the artist, Victor Cracke, but instead becomes obsessed with the number of drawings that Victor left behind and what they possibly mean. Ethan is then contacted by a former cop and it looks like the drawings might have something to do with boys who were murdered years ago. Is Victor a killer and will he ever be found? I enjoyed The Genius, despite some slower moving parts. With his three novels, Kellerman never writes the same kind of book twice and that is one reason why I look forward to reading what he publishes next.

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