Used book – The Faces, Jesse Kellerman, Julie Sibony

The greatest work of art ever created lies dormant in boxes in a shabby apartment. Ethan Muller, a New York gallery owner, immediately decides to exhibit these strange paintings, which combine innocent portraits of children with a tortured backdrop. The success is immediate, the world cries genius. But a retired police officer believes he recognizes some faces: those of child victims of unsolved murders…

Jesse Kellerman, born in Los Angeles in 1978, studied psychology at Harvard. He is the son of writers Jonathan and Faye Kellerman. The Faces, his first novel, was voted best thriller of the year by The Guardian.

“If you haven’t read Jesse Kellerman yet, don’t waste another second.” Harlan Coben Elle Readers' Grand Prize Translated from English (United States) by Julie Sibony