The Fine Art of Lying

By Alexandra Andrews

Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

The Fine Art of Lying is a 2026 thriller by Alexandra Andrews, author of Who Is Maud Dixon? Clare Bast, an art historian who never finished her PhD, is a restless stay-at-home mother in her husband's wealthy Park Avenue world. At a party she meets the dealer Gabriel Prévost and begins an affair, drawn in partly by a painting he holds by the artist she studied. When an intruder shoots Gabriel and steals the canvas, Clare becomes a suspect and investigates the art market herself.

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