In Malice, Quite Close

Name: In Malice, Quite Close
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Brandi Lynn Ryder
ISBN: 9781611202175

Author: Brandi Lynn Ryder

Narrator: Michael Kramer

Unabridged: 16 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Published: 08/23/2011

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller

Synopsis

French ex-pat Tristan Mourault is the wealthy, urbane heir to a world-renowned collection of art - and an insatiable voyeur enamored with Karen Miller, a fifteen-year-old from a working-class family in San Francisco. Deciding he must 'rescue' Karen from her unhappy circumstances, Tristan kidnaps her and stages her death to mask his true crime. Years later, Karen is now Gisele and the pair lead an opulent life in idyllic and rarefied Devon, Washington. But when Nicola, Gisele's young daughter, stumbles upon a secret cache of paintings - all nudes of Gisele - Tristan's carefully constructed world begins to crumble. As Nicola grapples with the tragedy that follows, she crosses paths with Amanda Miller, who comes to Devon to investigate the portraits' uncanny resemblance to her long-lost sister. Set against a byzantine backdrop of greed, artifice, and dangerous manipulations, this is an intoxicating debut that keeps its darkest secrets until the very last page.

About Brandi Lynn Ryder

Brandi Lynn Ryder lives in the heart of the Napa Valley. In Malice, Quite Close, her first novel, was a finalist for the 2009 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sara on November 29, 2022

I am afraid to pick up another book too soon after this one, for fear that it might be much like chasing a fine wine with a pasty toothbrush- letting it linger a bit seems far more attractive. I will say, admittedly, that I was contemplating moving on to another book a bit after the initial exciteme......more

Goodreads review by Miriam still reading! on December 23, 2019

5 stars audio 2 drawn out stars story.......more

Goodreads review by Nancy on August 09, 2011

I don't even know how to review this book! It is multi-layered and not straight-forward in any way. Ultimately, I believe the author is using the complex characters in the book to dispel the idea of truth being the only reality when "truth" does not necessarily exist except in the mind of the interp......more

Goodreads review by Alisi ☆ wants to read too many books ☆ on November 05, 2014

If you loved this book then boy do I have the book for you! ;O This is a (bad) retelling of the book Lolita. It's very similar to that classic and, as such, it just can't hold a candle. It's actually so similar and tight a retelling that I'm amazed it wasn't put in the book blurb. The author flips th......more

Goodreads review by Laura on May 28, 2015

'In Malice, Quite Close' is Brandi Lynn Ryder's debut novel. And as blown away as I am by the book itself, I am even more blown away by this fact. The writing is spectacular and the story itself is just as magnificent. Put these facts together and there is no denying Ms. Ryder's core talent as an au......more