The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby (paperback)
by Ellery Lloyd
 
‘Think The Secret History meets Saltburn’ – Holly Watt, author of The Dead Line

'Intoxicating, enthralling, compelling' – Harriet Tyce, author of Blood Orange

‘Bold and ambitious and consuming from start to finish’ – Louise Candlish, author of The Swimming Pool

'A stunning, intricately plotted and clever mystery’ – Claire Douglas, author of The Wrong Sister

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Some women can’t be erased from history . . .

A story of love and madness, of obsession and revenge.

Paris, 1938: Runaway heiress Juliette Willoughby perishes, with her married lover, in an accidental studio fire alongside her Surrealist masterpiece, Self-Portrait as Sphinx.

Cambridge, 1991: Two art history students stumble across proof something sinister was at play in Juliette's death, threatening to expose the long-buried secrets of the artist's aristocratic family.

Dubai, now: An art dealer is accused of the brutal murder of his oldest friend – the last surviving member of the Willoughby dynasty.

Three suspicious deaths over the course of a century.

Is the key to unlocking them all hidden in Juliette Willoughby’s lost painting?

From the author of The Club, a Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick, The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby is Ellery Lloyd's compulsive multiple-timeline mystery – a story of love and madness, of obsession and revenge.

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‘A clever, richly imagined, first-class mystery. A story both thrilling and deeply layered, touching and fun. I loved it.’ – Chris Whitaker, author of All the Colours of the Dark

‘A whip smart page turner with twists and turns that'll keep a hold on you right up until the final, gripping denouement. A terrific, hands down, five star read.’ – John Marrs, author of The Family Experiment