Weighing of the Heart

Following a sudden break-up, Englishman in New York Nick Braeburn takes a room with the elderly Peacock sisters in their lavish Upper East Side apartment, and finds himself increasingly drawn to the priceless piece of Egyptian art on their study wall - and to Lydia, the beautiful Portuguese artist who lives across the roof garden.

But as Nick draws Lydia into a crime he hopes will bring them together, they both begin to unravel, and each find that the other is not quite who they seem.

Paul Tudor Owen's intriguing debut novel brilliantly evokes the New York of Paul Auster and Joseph O'Neill.

Dupa o despartire brusca, englezul din New York, Nick Braeburn, ia o camera cu surorile Peacock in varsta in apartamentul lor luxos din Upper East Side si se simte din ce in ce mai atras de nepretuita piesa de arta egipteana de pe peretele lor de studiu - si de Lydia, frumoasa artista portugheza care locuieste peste gradina acoperisului. Dar, in timp ce Nick o atrage pe Lydia intr-o crima, spera sa le aduca impreuna, ambii incep sa se dezlege si fiecare descopera ca celalalt nu este chiar cine par. Debutul intrigant al lui Paul Tudor Owen roman evoca stralucit New York-ul lui Paul Auster si Joseph O'Neill.