{"product_id":"the-final-act-of-juliette-willoughby-9780063323018","title":"The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Read this in about two sittings--absolutely loved it. Dazzlingly clever and beautifully twisty. Don't miss it!!\"--Emilia Hart, author of \u003cem\u003eWeyward\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe gripping follow up to the \"smart, stylish, and savage\" (\u003cem\u003ePeople\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller and Reese's Book Club pick \u003cem\u003eThe Club\u003c\/em\u003e--a twisty mystery involving a cursed wealthy family and a Surrealist painting which holds the key to three suspicious deaths over the course of a century.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSome women won't be painted out of history . . .\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverybody knows that in 1938, runaway heiress artist Juliette Willoughby perished in an accidental studio fire in Paris, alongside her masterpiece \u003cem\u003eSelf Portrait As Sphinx.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifty years later, two Cambridge art history students are confounded when they stumble across proof that the fire was no accident but something more sinister. What they uncover threatens the very foundation of Juliette's aristocratic family and revives rumors of the infamous curse that has haunted the Willoughbys for generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut what does their discovery mean? And how is it connected to a brutal murder in present-day Dubai?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA tale of love and madness, obsession and revenge, \u003cem\u003eThe Final Act of Juliette Willoughby\u003c\/em\u003e unravels the riddle posed by a Sphinx who refuses to reveal her secrets . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLloyd, Ellery:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEllery Lloyd \u003c\/strong\u003eis the pseudonym for the London-based husband-and-wife writing team of Collette Lyons and Paul Vlitos. Collette is a journalist and editor, the former content director of \u003cem\u003eElle\u003c\/em\u003e (UK), and editorial director at Soho House. She has written for the \u003cem\u003eGuardian, \u003c\/em\u003ethe\u003cem\u003e Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e. Paul is the author of two previous novels, \u003cem\u003eWelcome to the Working Week \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eEvery Day Is Like Sunday.\u003c\/em\u003e He is a Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Greenwich. They are the authors of \u003cem\u003ePeople Like Her\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Club.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51318733406482,"sku":"9780063323018","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9b5d9e7f-bfde-48f3-a524-84e66c445e88.jpg?v=1748511020","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-final-act-of-juliette-willoughby-9780063323018","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}