Second Book in Art Mystery Series, FALSE LIGHT
Manhattan
– A prolific author who resides in Manhattan and has a Vassar
education, Claudia Riess has written her fifth novel, False Light After the
book is released in October, the author is expected to speak at several
bookstores, libraries and non-profit organizations in the New York City area.
Stolen Light was the first of the three suspense novels set
in the art world. It involved murder, the Italian Renaissance, and the Cuban
Revolution—as well as a love story.
The newest book, False Light continues the evolution of the professional—and personal—relationship between
the art magazine editor, Erika Shawn, and the professor of art history,
Harrison Wheatley.
In False Light, Shawn and Wheatley attempt to crack the long-un-deciphered code of prankish art
forger, Eric Hebborn (1934-1996), which promises to reveal the whereabouts of a
number of his brilliant counterfeits. But what starts out as an academic
puzzler leads to far darker mysteries in the clandestine world of art crime,
culminating in murder. As the couple navigates this sinister world, both
their courage under fire and the stability of their relationship are tested.
Claudia Riess has worked in the editorial departments of The
New Yorker magazine and Holt Rinehart and Winston books. She has also edited
Art History monographs. Her first novel, “Reclining Nude,” was published by
Stein and Day. Oliver Sacks, author of “Awakenings,” had said her first book was
“exquisite—and delicate… a most courageous book, full of daring—a daring only
possible to a passionate and pure heart.”
For information about booking Riess as a speaker, contact her
publicist, Janice Jay Young, at 631-284-3737 or jartandi@yahoo.com. For more about
Riess and her work, visit www.claudiariessbooks.com.
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