Open Secrets - by Sheila Kohler (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"The lies between a husband and wife are revealed, unraveling their family in this thrilling novel that moves between Beaulieu-Sur Mer, Switzerland, and Amagansett. Alice, Michel, and their daughter, Pamela, live a charmed life with a beautiful house on the French Riviera, elegant vacations, and boarding school in Switzerland for Pamela. But when Michel discovers Alice's betrayal in the midst of dealing with a crisis at the bank that he works for, he makes a sudden decision that unravels their family, sending Alice to Amagansett to stay with her artist sister while repercussions of Michel's illicit deals move closer in on Pamela in Switzerland"--Provided by publisher.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>The lies between a husband and wife are revealed, unraveling their family in this thrilling novel that moves between the French Riviera, Switzerland, and Amagansett</b> <p/>When Michel, a Swiss banker, discovers his wife Alice's betrayal he turns for help to a Russian client who leads him into unknown territory, endangering not only his own life but that of Alice, and above all, his fourteen-year-old daughter, Pamela. Their charmed life--a beautiful house on the French Riviera, elegant vacations, and boarding school in Switzerland for Pamela--is not all that it seems. As the repercussions of Michel's illicit deals move closer in around them, Alice finds herself in Amagansett with her artist sister who is having a crisis of her own, while the danger circles around Pamela. <i>Open Secrets</i> is a suspenseful novel about relationships, family, love and the inescapable consequences of one's own actions.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><b>Praise for Sheila Kohler</b> <p/>"Sleekly written, suspenseful, and richly atmospheric." --Joyce Carol Oates <p/> <i>"Open Secrets</i> is a riveting and elegant suspense novel in the tradition of Alfred Hitchcock and Patricia Highsmith. Sheila Kohler's razor-sharp language dazzles and beguiles." --Carol Goodman, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Lake of Dead Languages</i> and <i>The Sea of Lost Girls</i> <p/>Her stories are elegant, smooth, and gorgeously sensual, belying the tension that crackles beneath. Long after I've finished reading one of her stories, the image continues to pulse. --Amy Tan<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Sheila Kohler</b> was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. She is the author of fourteen works of fiction including the novels <i>Dreaming for Freud</i>, <i>Becoming Jane Eyre</i>, and <i>Cracks</i>, which was nominated for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and made into a film starring Eva Green. Her work has been featured in the <i>New York Times</i> and <i>O Magazine</i> and included in the Best American Short Stories. She has twice won an O'Henry Prize, as well as an Open Fiction Award, a Willa Cather Prize, and a Smart Family Foundation Prize. She teaches at Princeton University and lives in New York City.
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