{"product_id":"times-fickle-glass-charles-j-schneider-9781786954954","title":"Time's Fickle Glass","description":"\u003cp\u003eTIME'S FICKLE GLASS is an extensively revised and rewritten version of the previously published novel A PORTRAIT IN TIME by Charles J. Schneider, with substantive alterations made to the original story in order to allow more seamless integration with the novel's planned sequel: THE ARRIVAL OF AN HOUR.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA beautiful, nude woman and two equally-naked dead bodies mysteriously appear in the special-exhibit gallery of Musée d'Orsay, the famed Paris art museum. There is no evidence trail; and the only clue Paris detective Michèle Crossier has to work with is surveillance footage of the un-clothed woman, who looks identical to the museum's own Assistant Director: Susanne Bruante, a woman with a cut-throat reputation in the art-history world and a theory involving the famous Realist and Impressionist artists Gustave Courbet and Gustave Caillebotte, the 'singular' nude model used in their artwork, and her very own family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the Police Judiciare on her tail, Susanne finds herself a prime suspect in a surreal murder mystery that pulls in her family-members-from the present and the past. Faced with a woman who claims to be a relative from the nineteenth-century, Susanne-forced to come up with answers or endure more scrutiny from the police-must call in favors from some of the people she's loved and left...including an old boyfriend who just happens to be doing research on time travel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn intriguing, fast-paced, tightly-plotted and often-times steamy psychological thriller, TIME'S FICKLE GLASS defies categorization as it brings to the reader an enjoyable and exciting mixture of historical-fiction, romance, mystery, crime-drama, and time-travel science-fiction. Don't miss this first book in a two-part series which promises to bring fact-and-fiction to art lovers who harbor a sensual-taste for the narratively-creative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles J. Schneider\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1786954958\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781786954954\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Double Dragon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/16\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 538\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 1.33d","brand":"Charles J. Schneider","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46974645174527,"sku":"9781786954954","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f4ccfe62-ba4c-4ed7-ad41-2f43d19e7776.jpg?v=1750875639","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/times-fickle-glass-charles-j-schneider-9781786954954","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}