"A novel as rich as it is eminently readable. Smart, fast, funny!" - Ayelet Waldman, author of Love and Other Impossible Pursuits and Daughter's Keeper "More proof that the hardboiled novel is alive and kicking: a novel that is both thrilling to read and beautifully written. "Siegal has subtly rejuvinated the (noir) genre." - Brooklyn Rail Magazine "A great read." - Quick and Simple Magazine "Siegal blends glamour and gutter into a delicious cocktail, equal parts behind-the-scenes dish and crime novel." - Publishers Weekly Siegal is a delightful writer." - Lisa Ko, author of The Leavers "Witty.Nina Siegal gets it right." - Page Six, New York Post "WHAT YOU'LL LOVE: Siegal's talent for nailing the details that illuminate an era - from the mid-'80s art boom to the late '90s social swirl - makes for a transporting read." - Washington Post A mysterious voice on the other end of the line tells her the artist's death was a murder-and if she were a real reporter, she'd investigate.īut can Valerie trade her stilettos for gumshoes? However, when she writes about a recently deceased once-famous graffiti artist, the phone calls start. Now she's on the obituary desk writing death notices, and it feels like a dead end. Then she stumbled, rather publicly, and lost it all-her column, her fiancé, her access behind the city's velvet ropes. Valerie Vane was an up-and-coming lifestyle reporter at a prominent New York City daily.
Can Valerie trade her stilettos for gumshoes?
When she writes about a once-famous graffiti artist, she begins to get calls suggesting a sinister plot behind the artist's death. But things go wrong, and now she's on the obituary desk. About the Book Valerie Vane is an up-and-coming style reporter.
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