The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby
Hardback Published on: 20/06/2024
Price: £16.99
Synopsis
Some women can’t be erased from history...
A story of love and madness, of obsession and revenge.
Paris, 1938: Runaway heiress Juliette Willoughby perishes, with her married lover, in an accidental studio fire alongside her Surrealist masterpiece, Self-Portrait as Sphinx.
Cambridge, 1991: Two art history students stumble across proof something sinister was at play in Juliette's death, threatening to expose the long-buried secrets of the artist's aristocratic family.
Dubai, now: An art dealer is accused of the brutal murder of his oldest friend – the last surviving member of the Willoughby dynasty.
Three suspicious deaths over the course of a century. Is the key to unlocking them all hidden in Juliette Willoughby’s lost painting?
Publisher information
- Publisher: Pan Macmillan
- ISBN: 9781035020805
- Number of pages: 336
- Dimensions: 241 x 163 x 31 mm
- Weight: 546g
- Languages: English
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Addictive thriller …
This fast paced highly engaging story has the elements of being a thriller, art history, family drama and love story too.
The author’s background in art... READ MORE
Exquisite
Thank you to the author, publishers Macmillan and NetGalley UK for access to this as an advance reader’s ebook. This is an honest and voluntary review.
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The Puzzle is complete!
This is a complex & vivid triple timeline enthralling narrative. Juliette lived in the 1930s in England & then Paris, before WWII. Caroline & Patrick are A... READ MORE
Superb
Superb storytelling using multiple timelines and multiple voices. This novel has everything; feminism, surrealism, university relationships, money, privile... READ MORE
Final act
By far one of the most thrilling mysteries I have read. It grips from start to finish, a very clever tale. 5 stars
Throws everything
In Cambridge, two final year students are guided in their dissertation by an eccentric supervisor and they start to uncover details of a lost Surrealist ma... READ MORE
A brilliant read
Every once in a while a book comes along that completely blows your mind. For me it's "The final Act of Juliette Willoughby. Told through the perspectives ... READ MORE
Shades of The Goldfinch
It’s 1991 and Caroline Cooper and Patrick Lambert are studying the History of Art at Cambridge University. More than a little attracted to each other, they... READ MORE
complex
When I started this book, I was very close to DNF. 3 different POVs within 100 years with no distinctive voice was driving me a bit crazy. I kept going and... READ MORE
Intriguing art-based mystery
Really enjoyed this art-based mystery.
In the 1990s, two art students are exploring the art of the late artist Juliette Willoughby, who died in a fire w... READ MORE
Intoxicating, enthralling, and compelling
I absolutely loved this book. It had me furiously scribbling down theories, some spot on, others wildly speculative. The multiple narratives and shifts thr... READ MORE
Wow - what a great different read
I have loved other books by Ellery Lloyd but absolutely devoured this one. The story flips back from 1930's to the 90's to present day and goodness does it... READ MORE
A smarter-than-average page-turner
I enjoyed People Like Her, a previous bestseller of the husband-and-wife writing duo Ellery Lloyd. Like that one, The Last Act of Juliette Willoughby is a ... READ MORE
Cracking read
4.5 rounded up
This complex and clever novel starts in Paris of 1937/8 with the tragic love affair between two surrealist artists, the heiress Juliett... READ MORE
Really enjoyed reading
It’s the 1930’s and Juliette Willoughby has absconded to Paris with her married lover Oskar Erlich to live. They’re both surrealist artists.
Moving forwar... READ MORE
An enjoyable book from this writing team
An enjoyable book from this writing team under the name of Ellery Lloyd. However as a fanatic for the books of Jeffrey Archer I have to say his knowledge o... READ MORE
A good read but left me flat
Set over 3 time lines of the late 1930’s, 1991 and present day, in Cambridge, Suffolk, Paris and Dubai. An interesting murder mystery, family secrets and t... READ MORE
What happened to Juliette after she painted Self-Portrait as Sphinx?
A lost paining entitled Self-Portrait as Sphinx is rediscovered but where has it been? Believed to be destroyed in a fire that killed Juliette Willoughby a... READ MORE
Missing artist Missing Art
Surrealism is an artform created after WWI, which rose to prominence after the Paris International Exhibition of 1938. Juliette Willoughby exhibited one ... READ MORE
A compelling mystery
Glamorous, bold, ambitious and intelligent, The Final Act of Juliette Willougby is a captivating story of love, madness, scandal, revenge, and justice.
... READ MORE
Well plotted
An extremely well plotted story from a husband and wife writing team. Two students investigating a missing painting become involved in series of events whi... READ MORE
A must read
Every once in a while a book comes along that completely blows your mind. For me it's "The final Act of Juliette Willoughby. Told through the perspectives ... READ MORE
easy and engaging read
It took me a while to get into the different time periods of this book, but once I did it was an easy, engaging read. The final twist wasnt a surprise but... READ MORE
4.5 really, great plot with great twists, absorbing read
hanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance copy of this book with no obligation to review.
All in all, a brilliant read. I thought we were head... READ MORE
Convert to Ellery Lloyd after reading this book
I'm new to Ellery Lloyd and I am happy to say that "The Final Act of Juliet Willoughby" was a triumph and I shall be reading their other books. Described a... READ MORE
The Secret History meets Saltburn
The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby was described to me as The Secret History meets Saltburn, which is a pretty heady mix that sets expectations of interr... READ MORE
Novel set in Cambridge, Paris, Dubai
3.5*
A story as unpredictable as they come
The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby by Ellery Lloyd, the pseudonym for the husband-and-wife writing team Co... READ MORE
One of my favourite reads of 2024!
This novel, whose author is actually a husband and wife team writing under a pseudonym, is a multi PV and multi timeline mystery and it is brilliant on eve... READ MORE
An engaging thriller with a painting in its core
The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby is an engaging thriller with a painting in its core. The gallery owner is accused of a murder, an impossible painting ... READ MORE
Wonderful!
Wow! Wow! Wow! Words just cant describe how much I loved this book!! Actually amazing. It has everything in it, suspense, romance, murder, history, intrigu... READ MORE
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