PAM'S FAVORITE
Putnam, $24.95 (signed first edition)
Manhattan art dealer Ethan Muller can't believe his luck when he acquires the work of brilliant recluse Victor Cracke – after Cracke disappears. When someone recognizes a figure in one of Cracke's drawings as a boy who was murdered 40 years earlier, Muller realizes he needs to find out more about Cracke and his art. Kellerman inhabits THE GENIUS with interesting characters and interweaves a series of flashbacks through the story that adds to the mystery around Cracke and ratchets up the suspense. Dark, funny, and wonderfully written, Jesse Kellerman keeps getting better with each novel.
