The Face Thief: A Novel - Tapa blanda

"A dark libido animates this novel that can't be resisted. The reward is an intimate literary encounter with a force that is beyond good and evil, and turns the mystical screws behind our unfathomable human destinies."--Walter Kirn, author of Up in the Air and Lost in the Meritocracy

"A taut psychological thriller... Not just a gifted storyteller, Gottlieb provocatively explores human relationships and the lies we tell ourselves and each other."--Publishers Weekly

""The Face Thief" pushes you down the stairs on the first page and never lets you get your feet back under you. Extraordinary characters... Gottlieb expertly guides you through the minds and emotions of the people who drive this crafty psychological thriller. This is a must-read."--The Daily News

"With words that trip smoothly across the page like stones skimming the surface of a still pond, Eli Gottlieb brings to life three main characters in the The Face Thief. ... A mesmerizing read."--Suspense Magazine

"Jaunty... suspenseful."--Kirkus Reviews

"A fast-paced and compelling story."--Library Journal

""The Face Thief "is compulsively, irresistibly readable. ... Page-turning....Compelling.... Unparalleled sex-appeal... Gottlieb has a marvelous sense of suspense. "--Shelf Awareness

"An effective study of the effects of greed on the human psyche."--Romantic Times

"Psychological depth and mystery cast in great sentences: the result is a suspenseful, beautifully achieved example of what happens when a serious novelist wants us to keep turning the pages."--Francine Prose, New York Times bestselling author of My New American Life

"A sublime thriller...an elegant and profound novel of memory, perception and reinvention."--Salon.com

Officer Dan France investigates who pushed the beautiful Margot down the stairs and discovers a number of people with motives, including a potential lover and a defrauded newlywed, in this psychological novel from the author of Now You See Him. 50,000 first printing.