{"product_id":"unseasonably-cold","title":"Unseasonably Cold","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eUnseasonably Cold\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"New York, 1939: A year has passed since Jane Henry, a popular columnist and heiress to a publishing fortune, vanished without a trace. No one's taken the news quite so hard as her best friend, Liza Simon, the last person Jane lunched with before her disappearance. Liza has never been able to forget one of the last things Jane said to her: 'Billy...has turned unseasonably cold.\u003cstrong\u003e' . . . Told in quick chapters that add to the sense of mystery and fragmented memory, this story will appeal to readers of crime fiction and literary fiction alike. A spare historical thriller about trusting the wrong people. Our Verdict: Get It!\" -\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The brilliant Amy Ephron has written a story steeped inmystery, suspense, and glamour set in Art Deco chic New York City in 1939. A socialite, surrounded by the wealthy, nefarious, and artistic, goes missing. Atmospheric. Propulsive. Captivating. Pure Amy.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- Adriana Trigiani, best-selling author of \u003cem\u003eThe View From Lake Como\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I was enthralled from the first page to the very last. Amy Ephron's \u003cem\u003eUnseasonably Cold \u003c\/em\u003eis a fascinating, compelling read that I thought about for a long time after. It's not a book to be missed.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- Jill Santopolo, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e best-selling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Light We Lost\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A socialite disappears in late-1930s New York City, and welcome to \u003cem\u003eUnseasonably Cold, \u003c\/em\u003e Amy Ephron's elegant, melancholy noir of secrets, misapprehensions, and deceptions, aristocrats and bohemians, Park Avenue and Greenwich Village. Replete with beautifully observed period detail and sharply drawn characterizations. It's altogether intriguing - haunting, even - and I couldn't have enjoyed myself more.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- Benjamin Dreyer, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebest-selling author of \u003cem\u003eDreyer's English\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A brilliant who-done-it and an atmospheric page-turner. I couldn't put it down! Bravo, Amy!!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e - Steven Raichlen, internationally best-selling author, renowned grill guy, The Barbecue Bible, and The Beer Can Chicken Book \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for other Amy Ephron Books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"An elegant love story . . . as exquisitely sculpted as fine Porcelain.\" -\u003cem\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e on \u003cem\u003eA Cup of Tea \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The narrator talks out of an existential corner of her mouth in tones sometimes reminiscent of Philip Marlowe, sometimes of the Joan Didion of Play It as It Lays. The voice it introduces as a real and unusual power.\" -Madison Smart Bell, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, on \u003cem\u003eCool Shades \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Amy Ephron scores with her glamorously gritty second novel, Bruised Fruit.\" -Angela Janklow, \u003cem\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/em\u003e, on \u003cem\u003eBruised Fruit\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"You could, I think, make the case that Amy Ephron is our Wharton . . . Her books are not so much written as carved. Every word counts . . . the story is set in 1927, and so, very much bubbling under the Society plot, is the reckless mood of that era. Alcohol. Drugs. Homosexuality. These add a Fitzgeraldian spice to the strict moral tale that is Ephron's legacy from Wharton . . . It turns out that quite a lot can happen in 214 pages - that is, when the writer is a master storyteller like Amy Ephron.\" -Jesse Kornbluth, on \u003cem\u003eOne Sunday Morning\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A spare historical thriller about trusting the wrong people. Our verdict: Get it!\" -\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Unseasonably Cold's atmosphere is Wharton and Towles; its page-turning plot is pure Christie.\" - Airmail Weekly\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA socialite living in late-1930s New York City disappears without a trace in\u003cem\u003e Unseasonably Cold, \u003c\/em\u003e Amy Ephron's elegant, melancholy noir of secrets, misapprehensions, and deceptions.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReplete with beautifully observed period detail and sharply drawn characters, \u003cem\u003eUnseasonably Cold\u003c\/em\u003e is classic storytelling, a mystery crafted with an artist's eye. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRendered in Ephron's lovely, austere literary prose, it is utterly worthy of the era it depicts, when the polite mask of high society's mannered calm disguised the turbulence just beneath; a mirror for the terrible events swirling in Europe at the lead-up to the Second World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e* The Historical Novel Society calls \n\u003cem\u003eUnseasonably Cold\u003c\/em\u003e Amy Ephron's \"noir-ish 1939 mystery . . . The plot hinges on a police investigation, the multiple family ties, romantic entanglements, hidden and not so hidden relationships.\" \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Altogether intriguing-haunting, even-and I couldn't have enjoyed myself more.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Benjamin Dreyer, author of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eDreyer's English \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Atmospheric. Propulsive. Captivating. Pure Amy.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author of The View from Lake Como\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"I was enthralled from the first page to the very last. A fascinating, compelling read that I thought about for a long time after. It's not a book to be missed.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Jill Santopolo, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebest-selling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Light We Lost\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"It's a Faberge egg of a novel. Perfect in detail and execution. Ephron's prose is so incredibly sparse and compelling. I was very taken with it.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- Holly Goldberg Sloan, best-selling author.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eEphron, Amy\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAmy Ephron is a best-selling, award-winning novelist and children's book author, a journalist, screenwriter and producer. 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