Partners Village Store will welcome author B.A. Shapiro

WESTPORT — On Sunday, July 14 at 3 p.m., Partners Village Store will welcome author B.A. Shapiro, in celebration of the paperback release of her novel "The Collector’s Apprentice." Shapiro will be in conversation with author Dawn Tripp, here at Partners Village Store.

In this surprising, noirish page-turner, Shapiro once again takes readers into the world of art, glamour, and mystery. Accused of helping her fiancé steal her family’s fortune and her father’s art collection, Paulien Mertens has fled to France.

To protect herself from the law and the wrath of those who lost everything, she has created a new identity. Paulien, aka Vivienne, takes a position working for an American art collector modeled after real-life eccentric museum founder Albert Barnes and quickly becomes caught up in the 1920s Paris of artists and expats, including post-Impressionist painter Henri Matisse and writer Gertrude Stein.

From there, she sets out to recover her father’s art collection, prove her innocence, and exact revenge on her ex-fiancé. Shapiro has made the historical art thriller her own, and once again she gives us an unforgettable tale about what we see — and what we refuse to see.

Described as "A clever and complex tale of art fraud, theft, scandal, murder, and revenge” by Publisher’s Weekly , The Collector’s Apprentice is the perfect summer read.

Shapiro is the New York Times bestselling author of "The Muralist" and "The Art Forger," which won the New England Book Award for Fiction and the Boston Authors Society Award for Fiction, among other honors. Her books have been selected as community reads in numerous cities and translated throughout the world. Before becoming a novelist, she taught sociology at Tufts University and creative writing at Northeastern University. She and her husband, Dan, divide their time between Boston and Florida.

Call the store 508-636–2572 or email liz@partnersvillagestore.com to reserve your seat. Partners Village Store and Kitchen, 865 Main Road,Westport.