Hibiscus Coast
Author: Morris, Paula
ISBN: 9780143010173
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2008
Pages: 368
Dimensions: 199mm x 129mm x 26mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Called a 'brilliantly complex, noir-esque thriller' by the NZ Listener, this is a gripping read.
A complex, insightful and gripping novel.
Emma Taupere returns to Auckland from Shanghai, where her training as a painter has made her a copyist of incredible skill. Now, Siaki, her ambitious and manipulative ex-boyfriend, has recruited her as a forger, shutting Emma away in a borrowed apartment on Princes Wharf.
Emma works day and night copying one of the most valuable Goldie paintings in the Auckland Museum until a rash act by her damaged young cousin, Ani, exposes her to danger, and Emma has no choice but to flee up the Hibiscus Coast.
ISBN: 9780143010173
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2008
Pages: 368
Dimensions: 199mm x 129mm x 26mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Called a 'brilliantly complex, noir-esque thriller' by the NZ Listener, this is a gripping read.
A complex, insightful and gripping novel.
Emma Taupere returns to Auckland from Shanghai, where her training as a painter has made her a copyist of incredible skill. Now, Siaki, her ambitious and manipulative ex-boyfriend, has recruited her as a forger, shutting Emma away in a borrowed apartment on Princes Wharf.
Emma works day and night copying one of the most valuable Goldie paintings in the Auckland Museum until a rash act by her damaged young cousin, Ani, exposes her to danger, and Emma has no choice but to flee up the Hibiscus Coast.
