The Brutal Art - Jesse Kellerman

New York Art Gallery Owner Ethan Muller discovers a group of drawings that are both brilliant and highly disturbing. The artist seems to have abandoned his drawings, and Ethan takes it upon himself to display and sell the drawings in his gallery to much success. However, when he receives a phone call from a retired policeman about the content of the drawings themselves, they both realise that Ethan could be sitting on the missing pieces of a mystery involving the deaths of small boys during the 1960's and 1970's. The more Ethan becomes involved with solving the mystery and finding the artist, the more danger he appears to be in, whilst the mystery seems to ...  Read the complete review

I got this book for my birthday, and I'm glad I did as I probably wouldn't have picked it up myself as the brown cover doesn't really stand out. It has a little sticker on the front that says it is part of Richard & Judy's book club. === The Story === The story is told by Ethan Muller, who is an art dealer in New York. In one of his fathers flats the tenant has disappeared and all that is left behind is boxes and boxes of drawings. These pictures are all drawn on individual sheets of paper but they all link up to make a huge picture, they are strange but brilliant pieces of art. Ethan takes the pictures to his gallery and then tries to ...  Read the complete review

I picked up this book last week for two reasons: 1. It was a Richard and Judy book club book - which I always find these are pretty enjoyable 2. It has a quote from one of my favourite authors on the front and I thought if he liked it it must be good! What's it about-------- This book switches between two interwoven tales -that in the modern day of Ethan Muller - the son of an extremely wealthy man who now owns a fashionable art gallery in New York, and that of his ancestors from their arrival as immigrants to his father. The book opens with Ethan being called to a scruffy apartment complex which is owned by his father's ...  Read the complete review

First of all let me introduce you to Jesse Kellerman: He is the son of 2 of the best mystery writers of the last 20 years; Faye Kellerman and Jonathan Kellerman. He is now making a name for himself in the same genre, and although the name isn't a hinderance he certainly is proving his worth with this book. This is Kellerman's 3rd novel; following in the footsteps of 2006's 'Sunstroke' and 2007's 'Trouble'. This is my first dip into this novelists work and I may well be back tracking to read his first 2 books if they are anywhere as intriguing as this one. Publisher by The Little Brown Book Group in the UK and you can search/order it ...  Read the complete review