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The Fine Art of Lying: A Reese's Book Club Pick

by Alexandra Andrews

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"This book feels like a secret I'm not supposed to share . . . but it's too good not to! Set in New York's art world, full of lies, money, and very messy choices, our May Pick is The Fine Art of Lying by Alexandra Andrews." --Reese Witherspoon (Reese's Book Club May '26 Pick)

"Alexandra Andrews is monied Manhattan's very own Agatha Christie."--Ada Calhoun

From the critically acclaimed author of Who is Maud Dixon? comes a riveting new novel about a young wife and mother thrust into a world of wealth and privilege, whose rash mistake sets off a domino effect of murder and betrayal.

In the beginning, there was art.

It was Clare Bast's love of art that saved her from a bleak, predictable life in upstate New York, and drew her to the cultured world of Manhattan's Upper East Side where she met Jed, her doting, affluent husband.

Despite her best efforts--including a half-finished PhD, abandoned when her daughter Sadie was born--Clare secretly can't help but feel like an imposter in Jed's one-percent, Park-Avenue life.

When the well-connected wife of Jed's new boss introduces her to influential friends--a curator here, a gallerist there, an aficionado abroad--Clare feels an essential part of herself coming alive again. And when she discovers that an important work painted by the subject of her unfinished dissertation is hanging in the brownstone of a seductively attractive dealer, she believes fate is leading her where she belongs . . . until she finds herself at the scene of a gruesome murder and a stolen masterpiece. Caught in the perfectly wrong place at the perfectly wrong time, every clue the investigation uncovers points back to her.

Suddenly, Clare is trapped inside a dark and treacherous art world filled with unscrupulous dealers and international criminals. What, exactly, has she gotten herself into . . . and how is she going to get herself, and her family, out?

Book Details

ISBN
9780063472075
Binding
Hardcover
Authors
Alexandra Andrews
Publisher
Harper
Published Date
May 5, 2026
Language
English
Pages
320
Physical Info
1.2 in H x 9.1 in L x 6 in W (0.97 lb)
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JamG
LOVED THIS!!!

I’m not even sure how I heard about this, but I’ll read anything that involves the art world. While the plot was important, I really loved the characters. Even in the midst of everything that happened, I empathized with all of them. Each main character was nuanced enough to make them believable and fairly likable , which could have easily not been the case. It’s hard to write about this book without giving things away, though!, so im not doing a very good job capturing how much I enjoyed it. So much so that I’m going to find this author’s other book right now!

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W.F. Laporte III
Great read!

What a great read. If you havent read the writers first book, I would reccomend that read also.

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Readingbythepool
I Could Not Turn the Pages Fast Enough

I’m still thinking about this one… and honestly? This book had me completely hooked and I could not put it down.Clare has built this perfect Upper East Side life that never really felt like hers. One very bad decision later and she’s at the scene of a murder with every clue pointing straight back to her.The art world backdrop gives it this whole Thomas Crown Affair energy. Very glamorous, slick, and absolutely not what it looks like on the surface.Also… the “I’ll read one more chapter” lie got me again. 😅This one had twists I did not see coming. Sharp, addictive, and it kept me turning pages the whole way through.If you love thrillers where no one is who they say they are then this one is for you.

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Amy Dorsey
The Fine Art of Lying…is a read one can’t put down

What a story! The beginning of a tale impossible to put down; fine art, money, and infidelity. I finished the story at 3:00 am on e morning…I wish I hadn’t finished the book.

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Trevor Hare
wow

Option this for Netflix. This is a book that was difficult to put down, from start to finish an incredible story. Love

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SARand
Page turner

Great book, well written although the ending was a little too neat. After all the plot twists, I would have appreciated a longer wrap up or one more twist.

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C
Great mystery read.

Started off slow but picked up the more you read. Claire has what feels like the perfect marriage and family until she meets an art gallery owner and then begins the start of the story.