Deceptions, Anna Porter
Deceptions, Anna Porter
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Deceptions
A Helena Marsh Novel

Author: Anna Porter

Narrator: Anikó Kaszás

Unabridged: 8 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: ECW Press

Published: 04/06/2021

Synopsis

A savvy art world thriller with a strong, independent heroine and the follow-up to The Appraisal, finalist for the 2018 Staunch Prize. Former 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. Richly atmospheric, set in Strasbourg, Budapest, and Paris, this witty, sophisticated novel will satisfy readers of political thrillers by Alan Furst and Philip Kerr. Deceptions is a thinking-person’s thriller, a romp to the last satisfying page.

About Anna Porter

Anna Porter is the award-winning author of ten books, both fiction and nonfiction, most recently Deceptions and In Other Words: How I Fell in Love with Canada One Book at a Time. She has written five mystery novels, including The Appraisal, which was shortlisted for the Staunch Book Prize, and Mortal Sins. Kasztner’s Train won the 2007 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction and Ghosts of Europe won the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. She cofounded Key Porter Books, an influential publishing house she ran for more than twenty years. In addition, she writes book reviews, opinion pieces, and stuff. She is an Officer of the Order of Canada and has received the Order of Ontario. Visit her at AnnaPorter.ca or connect with her on Twitter @AnnaPorter_Anna.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Josee on February 28, 2021

Helena Marsh is to appraise a possible original by Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi, but her assignment quickly turns into a hunt for more than the bona fides of a work of art. Helena’s friend and past lover, Attila Feher, helps as best he can but it is Helena who chases murderers, cases joints......more

Goodreads review by Elisa on March 06, 2021

Deceptions is a sequel but it can be read as a standalone. I haven’t read the first volume but had no issues understanding the relationships between the characters. Helena is an art expert called in to authenticate a painting by Artemisia Gentileschi, an artist that I’m embarrassed to say I only kne......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on January 08, 2024

boring and not great......more

Goodreads review by Ellen on February 23, 2021

This is my honest review of Deceptions by Anna Porter, in exchange for a copy, provided by ECW Press. I think this novel may have been written for someone much cleverer and more worldly than me. I am woefully unschooled about the art world and its underbelly, and not particularly well traveled, armch......more

Goodreads review by Kelly on March 02, 2021

I had the good fortune to read an advanced copy of Deceptions: A Helena Marsh Novel by Anna Porter. As an art appraiser, I have a unique interest in the life of fellow fictional art appraiser, Helena Marsh. Porter takes the reader on an exciting adventure through art forgery, high-stakes sales and t......more

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