Deceptions by Anna Porter (fox in socks read aloud TXT) 📗

read the manuscript, and her eagle-eyed spotting of small embarrassments after the second read.

A heartfelt thanks to Julian, who introduced me to Baroque art and to the story of Artemisia Gentileschi.

About the Author

Anna Porter is the award-winning author of ten books. Her recent work includes the non-fiction In Other Words, How I Fell in Love with Canada One Book at a Time, and Buying a Better World: George Soros and Billionaire Philanthropy, and the mystery novel The Appraisal, the first Helena Marsh book. She co-founded Key Porter Books, an influential publishing house she ran for more than twenty years. In addition, she writes book reviews, opinion pieces, and stuff about Central Europe. She is an Officer of the Order of Canada and has received the Order of Ontario.

Copyright

Copyright © Anna Porter, 2021

Published by ECW Press

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Editor for the Press: Susan Renouf

Cover design: Michel Vrana

Cover image: Judith Beheading Holofernes by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (Public Domain)

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Title: Deceptions : a Helena Marsh novel / Anna Porter.

Names: Porter, Anna, author.

Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20200384163 | Canadiana (ebook) 20200384198

ISBN 978-1-77041-538-6 (Softcover)

ISBN 978-1-77305-672-2 (ePub)

ISBN 978-1-77305-673-9 (PDF)

ISBN 978-1-77305-674-6 (Kindle)

Classification: LCC PS8581.O7553 D43 2021 | DDC C813/.54—dc23

The publication of Deceptions has been generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts and is funded in part by the Government of Canada. Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien. Ce livre est financé en partie par le gouvernement du Canada. We acknowledge the support of the Ontario Arts Council (OAC), an agency of the Government of Ontario, which last year funded 1,965 individual artists and 1,152 organizations in 197 communities across Ontario for a total of $51.9 million. We also acknowledge the contribution of the Government of Ontario through the Ontario Book Publishing Tax Credit, and through Ontario Creates for the marketing of this book.