Light on Bone - (A Georgia O'Keeffe Mystery) by Kathryn Lasky (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Independent Press Award Distinguished Favorite recipient for fiction.

Benjamin Franklin Silver Award, audio version for fiction.

Angela Hanson grew up poor in a world of despair. Toughened by rejection and disappointment, she vows to hide her fears and do whatever it takes to win the rich life of her dreams. Best-selling author Glenn Kaplan spans the globe in his new international thriller, following Angela's meteoric rise among the powerful elite. From London to New York to super-yachts in the Caribbean, Angela plays a ruthless game of deception, betrayal and murder to try to win the ultimate prize.

Angel of Ambition is an award-winning novel, having received a Distinguished Favorite commendation from the Independent Press Awards and the silver medal of the IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards for audio fiction. See what readers are describing as impossible to put down in this heart-racing story of one woman's mission to make sure that she -- and everyone around her -- gets exactly what they deserve.

Review Quotes

"Kathryn Lasky draws Georgia O'Keeffe's New Mexico with her own skillful hand. The deftest of efforts, Light on Bone gives us a murder mystery as seen through the mind of a mid-century artist free enough from convention to catch what others miss. I couldn't put it down." --Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked

"Kathryn Lasky's vivid Light on Bone applies the extraordinary eye of Georgia O'Keeffe to overlapping mysteries in 1930s New Mexico. O'Keeffe's righteous vision does not flinch from the truth, and we follow her gaze in fascination through this masterfully woven story." --Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author of Judgment and House on Fire

"Georgia O'Keeffe as an amateur sleuth? A daring idea that works like a charm for the highly talented Kathryn Lasky. What a wide range of characters, from the very good to the very bad, she brings to life in this wonderful novel! And the portrait of the artist is superb." --Peter Abrahams, author of several mystery series, including the Spencer Quinn series

"Step aside Miss Marple, Eugenia Potter, and Kinsey Millhone--Georgia O'Keeffe is the new sleuth in town! Kathryn Lasky brings the rich imagination of her YA and Juvenile books to Light On Bone, a stunning, suspenseful adult mystery. Vivid prose brushstrokes bring the legendary artist, the Southwest landscape she loved, and a complicated plot with historical and imagined characters to life." --Katherine Hall Page, author of the award-winning Faith Fairchild series.

About the Author

Kathryn Lasky is the award winning author of many children's books as well as several adult novels including Night Gardening and the Calista Jacobs mystery series. Her best selling series The Guardians of Ga'Hoole was made into a Warner Brothers movie Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole directed by Zack Snyder. She is the recipient of a Newbery Honor award and twice winner of the National Jewish Book Award, as well as recognition from Amnesty International for her novel The Extra. Her work has been translated into nineteen languages worldwide. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.