The Practice Of Deceit: A Novel

by Elizabeth Benedict

Overview

In this razor-sharp novel of marriage and divorce gone awry, Elizabeth Benedict navigates the turbulent waters of love, power, and vengeance with biting wit and penetrating insight.

When the Manhattan psychotherapist Eric Lavender meets the sexy, stylish lawyer Colleen O'Brien Golden, his bachelor life suddenly loses its long-standing appeal. Soon he moves to Scarsdale to join Colleen and finds a life of domestic bliss as a husband and father with a new baby and an adorable stepdaughter. But Eric's suburban oasis is threatened when a legal conflict of interest with Colleen turns up disturbing evidence of a hidden past.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780618710515
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	05/08/2006
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Elizabeth Benedict is the author of Almost, which was selected as a New York Times Notable Book, a Washington Post Book World Book of the Year, a Newsweek Best Fiction Book of the Year, and a Best Book of the Year by National Public Radio’s Fresh Air. She is also the author of three other novels, as well as The Joy of Writing Sex: A Guide for Fiction Writers. She lives in New York City.

Editorial Reviews

"The story practically spills into your lap as you turn the pages...A lot of wicked fun." —Alan Cheuse, NPR's "All Things Considered"

"Entertaining...clever." —Deirdre Donahue USA Today

"Intelligently written and briskly plotted update on the femme fatale story makes an absorbing beach read." Publishers Weekly

"It's smart entertainment by a very smart writer—the best kind of summer reading." —Janice P. Nimura Newsday

"the stunning new break-out thriller" — New Mystery Reader —

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