This unconventional thriller probes the mysteries of art, celebrity stalking, and fatal obsession In a prestigious London gallery, a retrospective exhibition of Constance Benson's work is about to open. The main attraction will be the unveiling of her last painting. The portrait of her lover, eccentric visionary Patrick Mount, was completed right before he famously disappeared. Why has the reclusive artist kept her final masterwork hidden for thirty years? What happened to Mount? And why did Benson stop painting? Tony never met Patrick, having been born the day Patrick vanished. But he feels he knows the man-perhaps better than he knows himself. Tony has photographs, paintings, articles, and everything Patrick ever wrote. Now he wants what Patrick left unfinished in his memoir: the final phase of his Seven Steps to Bliss. And there's only one person standing in Tony's way. An addictive thriller that resonates with emotion, Sheer Blue Bliss explores the nature of love, fidelity, and celebrity-and what happens when obsession spirals out of control.
"Tackles tough, complex issues with panache . . . the written equivalent of film noir."
The Independent on Sunday
"In Tony, Glaister has created one of the most menacing characters in contemporary fiction. . . . this is crime writing of the highest order, creepy with apprehension and producing satisfying fits of the shivers."
The Sunday Times
"Glaister, along with Ruth Rendell, has almost cornered the market in writing horror stories set in the suburbs . . . but Glaister's work is more unsettling because her characters are less gothic, more contemporary, more believable."
