“ propulsive, psychologically lush, witty, and unpredictable novel. A different sort of murder yarn that boasts twists in both the style and the plot.” - Kirkus Reviews “Murphy seasons the rising tension with humor.
In Murphy’s hands, the structure becomes almost hypnotic–and when the story hits full speed in the final quarter, the suspense becomes almost excruciating.” - Publishers Weekly (starred review) And as a series of shocking events unfolds, Annie must discover what it means to follow her intuition-even if love, as well as lives, could be lost. With a serial killer too close for comfort, they must make choices about where their loyalties lie. When a girl on the team is murdered at a nearby highway rest stop-the same spot where Paul made a gruesome discovery years ago-Annie and her fellow swim-parents find themselves adrift. Her thoughts drift lazily from whether she fed her daughters enough carbs that morning to why her husband doesn’t kiss her anymore, to Paul, a swim-team parent, who’s taken notice of her and seems to embody everything she’s beginning to think her life is missing. Publisher: Harper Perennial (July 29, 2014)Īt a swim meet in their quiet New England town, Annie watches as her daughters glide through the water.A wife, a mother, a lover, an artist, she is worthy of our admiration and of our hearts.
Rendered with great insight and compassion, Murphy's Mata Hari is revealed, not as a spy, but as a sympathetic and intensely complicated woman. More stunning, even, than this lush, luscious, prose is how Yannick Murphy turns preconceived notions inside out. Her characters are so richly imagined and believable that when you're finished with one of her books, you ex ( Dave Eggers)
Yannick Murphy, while being one of our most daring and original writers, is first and foremost an exquisitely attuned observer of human behavior. Told through small, impressionistic scenes and reveries, this story of an enigmatic woman hangs timeless between the unreality of her present and the clarity and urgency of her past ( Janet Fitch, author of PAINT IT BLACK and WHITE OLEANDER) In SIGNED, MATA HARI, Yannick Murphy once again treats us to her luscious signature lyric style, its whispers and perfumes, in this time- and space-bending tale of the famous dancer and accused spy.
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