The Fine Art of Lying A Novel

"The Fine Art of Lying is propulsive from start to finish. Set against the backdrop of the New York art world, a love affair leads to a mysterious murder and a twist you won't see coming. Alexandra Andrews delivers with this riveting mystery." - Laura Dave, author of The Night We Lost Him

"The Fine Art of Lying," written with the panache of a suspenseful novel of manners, probes the machinations of the art market and a few of the murkier areas of financial management. Clare's only hope, she decides, is to find out for herself who killed Gabriel. The solution to that mystery seems entangled with the search for a stolen painting; it appears to Clare that someone is trying to frame her for several crimes. The hum for readers of this well-crafted book comes from seeing its determined protagonist try to foil that scheme while ensuring poetic justice." -Wall Street Journal

"Ruthless socialites, international intrigue, a torrid affair, a shocking murder, and a baffling art heist? Yes, please. With her playful, lightning-paced new mystery, Alexandra Andrews is monied Manhattan's very own Agatha Christie." - Ada Calhoun, author of Crush

"A wildly entertaining novel about art and ambition, money and greed, love and sex and betrayal and loyalty, plus for good measure theft and forgery and murder, with a fantastic finale." - Chris Pavone, author of The Doorman

"Andrews puts this sharp observation to great use in this delicious story about Clare, who finds herself married into great wealth and power and then sees it all begin to slip through her fingers when a gallerist she was advising-OK, maybe not just advising-turns up dead." -Town and Country Best Books of the Summer

"Andrews entwines the language and imagery of color, texture, and art throughout this taut and well-written thriller. . . . A mystery bound up in astute social satire." - Kirkus (starred review)

"Alfred Hitchcock is long gone and so, sadly, not able to mount a film version of Alexandra Andrews' psychological thriller, "The Fine Art of Lying." But with its privileged, extraordinarily rich Manhattan bluebloods, insights into the contemporary art market and, most essential, torridly illicit sexual couplings, "Lying" leads with the ingredients that served the Master of Suspense so well in, for instance, "Dial M for Murder." -Boston Herald

". . . gripping . . . . Andrews turns her gimlet eye on the lives and lies of New York's ultrawealthy to riotously entertaining effect. Readers won't be able to put this down." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"...[an] enjoyably swank novel." -Vulture, "8 New Books to Read This May"

". . . [A] thrilling mystery. Think Gossip Girl, but for adults." -Marie Claire

"We have a new Alexandra Andrews novel, "The Fine Art of Lying," that has all the traits that I value in her earlier book: an interesting and complex focal character, lock-tight and suspenseful plotting, a sly sense of humor, all while being set in an interesting and well-illuminated milieu. . . . I hope it isn't another five before the next Andrews book, but if that's how long it takes, it's worth it." -Chicago Tribune

"I have a known weakness for murder mysteries and love of art history; Andrews combines both in this sinister and propulsive plot. . . . It has everything I want in a thriller: glamour, glitz, vibrant characters, a pressing question and a woman at the center of it all, trying to find herself." -PureWow

"Gripping" -Library Journal

"Stylish and sharp, with wicked hairpin turns, Who is Maud Dixon? is part Patricia Highsmith, part All About Eve and pure fun." - Maria Semple, on Who is Maud Dixon?

"Who is Maud Dixon? is clever, cunning, and diabolical in the best possible way. Anyone longing for a good old-fashioned thrill need look no further." - Ann Patchett, on Who is Maud Dixon?

"Who is Maud Dixon? channels the spirit of Patricia Highsmith at her finest: Alexandra Andrews' deliciously witty, surprising and sly novel will keep you riveted to the last page." - Claire Messud, on Who is Maud Dixon?

"A Highsmithian and Hitchcockian mashup about egos in every sense of the word, Who is Maud Dixon? Never sacrifices graceful prose and acute insights for its breakneck pace. "Unputdownable" has become overused praise, but it fully applies here; it is impossible to start Alexandra Andrews's novel and not feel compelled to speed through its switchback twists to its conclusion." - Teddy Wayne, on Who is Maud Dixon?

"Who Is Maud Dixon? That's but the first of countless questions to tease you-and then rivet you, and finally obsess you-as Alexandra Andrews' astonishing debut novel glides and glitters like a snake in Moroccan sunlight. Smoothly written, nimbly plotted (boldly, too: this novel takes chances, not prisoners)-yet also buzzing with an irresistible intensity and relish. Roaring round of applause here." - A. J. Finn, on Who is Maud Dixon?

"Captivating debut! Who is Maud Dixon? is a beautifully written literary thriller with a sumptuous Moroccan setting. What's not to love? Brava, Alexandra Andrews!" - Elin Hilderbrand, on Who is Maud Dixon?