A shockingly original thriller
L.S. Hilton is a writer and journalist who presently lives in London.
Brimming with scandal, intrigue and mystery, this is a book that
everyone is talking about
*Heat*
[U]tterly un-put-down-able, a shocking and sexy psychological
thriller
*PopSugar*
Set in a world of oligarchs, Mafiosi and dodgy art dealers, it also
has in Judith Rashleigh a heroine you'll either love or loathe, at
least two jaw-on-the-floor moments and sex scenes that would make
Christian Grey blush
*Red magazine*
The next Gone Girl thriller everyone will be talking about
*GoodReads Review*
Smart, pacy and very rude
*Glamour*
Riveting... one of the most memorable females in recent fiction
*Amy Pascal, Columbia Pictures Producer*
Maestra features a feisty, morally complex and sharp heroine who
may appeal to fans of Stieg Larsson's The Girl With the Dragon
Tattoo and Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl
*New York Times*
A psychological thriller set on the French Riviera, rather like
Patricia Highsmith crossed with Gone Girl, unsurprisingly, there's
a film deal in the works
*Harpers Bazaar, '10 Best Books for 2016'*
This is already being compared to The Girl On The Train and The
Girl With The Dragon Tattoo in terms of addictability
*Glamour, ‘11 Female Authored Reads for 2016’*
One for fans of Fifty Shades of Grey
*Grazia, 'Best of New Books'*
This new thriller features a sexually voracious heroine eager to
make her mark on the world
*Irish Daily Mail*
Fantastically good fun... LS Hilton can write. She can even make
you think that popping along to a sex party..is quite a good idea.
She writes convincingly about female desire. This book will make
money and give pleasure
*The Sunday Times*
A gloriously dark thriller...
*Grazia Magazine*
A maest (sic) read
*Grazia Magazine*
We'll be talking about the protagonist of this steamy thriller for
years to come...
*Grazia Magazine*
Fifty Shades it is not- it's much better...There's a real plot. And
real sexy talk....it's the very definition of a page turner.
*Heat Magazine*
The sexiest book of the year
*Nottingham Post*
It's a hot read!
*Strathallen Times, Stirling News*
In this marvellous debut, Hilton shows us how deadly such work can
sometimes be.
*Max Dunbar Blog*
Well written and fast paced, and with a scandalous peep into the
world of art dealing and a liberal amount of sex, MAESTRA is a fun
and enjoyable read.
*crimethrillergirl.com*
This years must read
*Huddersfield Daily Examiner, Evening Chronicle (Newcastle), South
Wales Echo, Liverpool Echo, Daily Post (Wales)*
She (Hilton) is smart and scathing on the art world; she clearly
knows her stuff, and the novel is most interesting when she
digresses into art history.
*The Observer, The New Review*
You'll have to move to a wi-fi free island in the middle of the
Pacific for Maestra to pass you by this summer....Set to be the
'it' book of 2016...A murderous heroine you'll love to hate.
*Daily Express, Scottish Daily Express*
This years The Girl on the Train
*Sheer Luxe*
· I went from not thinking I'd enjoy it to not wanting to put it
down. Gripped from the very first 'c' bomb dropped on page two.
Judith is a sassy, smart and very dangerous heroine and I couldn't
help but really like her. So read it before everyone else does
because I do think it will be the most talked abut book this year -
and with reason.
*Bella Magazine's Editor*
'This is the must-read raunchy book of the year'
*Xpose Magazine*
A bonkbuster with brains... LS Hilton sets pulses racing with her
novel Maestra, about orgies, escorts and the art world
*The Times Ireland*
This year's Fifty Shades brings sexual intrigue to the world of art
fraud. At last someone has.
*Cosmopolitan Magazine*
Darkly compelling...a female reincarnation of Patricia Highsmith's
Tom Ripley...
*Winq*
Judith Rashleigh, also known as Lauren, is a woman on a mission,
fuelled by a simmering hatred that drives her calculating behaviour
...
*tripfiction.com*
Completely Unputdownable
*The Age, Australia*
A spectacular act of revenge- on the English middle class- and
men...aloof and independent minded...
*Standpoint Magazine*
A glamorous, witty and adrenaline fuelled romp- if you like your
heroines sexy, vengeful, amoral and lethal thenMaestra delivers in
spades.
*Irish Times, Weekend Review*
Maestra has an incredibly gorgeous vibe in both character study and
scene setting, the writing is visceral, beautiful and indelible.
This one will stay with you... Highly HIGHLY Recommended.
*lizlovesbooks.com*
It's a hot read!
*Hillfoot Advertiser*
The Talented Mr Ripley meets Gone Girl in this darkly decadent and
compelling new thriller
*mojomums.co.uk*
Deliciously decadent...a glamorous and racy adventure
*Sunday Mirror*
Maestra is a fun, sexy novel...more self-determined than the ones
her recent predecessors have offered
*The Times*
A psychological thriller set on the French Riviera, rather like
Patricia Highsmith crossed with Gone Girl, unsurprisingly, there's
a film deal in the works
*Harpers Bazaar Magazine*
Maestra features a feisty, morally complex and sharp heroine who
may appeal to fans of Stieg Larsson's The Girl With the Dragon
Tattoo and Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl
*New York Times*
'the outlandish plot remains wildly entertaining, romping along at
a delightful pace. The best moments allow Hilton to showcase her
knowledge of the high-end European art world, and readers will be
left hankering for the next installment.'
*Independent.ie*
Maestra has been given the 'sentence of the year' with "I sucked
the musk of his armpit like hummingbird nectar."
*The Sunday Times Culture*
Orgies, murder and dodgy art dealers; sounds like a best-seller to
me. After several modest-selling historical books, Hilton hits the
jackpot with this tale of a pretty and ambitious London gallery
assistant of modest means who wants a fast-track to the good things
in life. Our 20-something heroine Judith Rashleigh's a whip-smart
femme fatale in a post-Kardashian world, whose humble origins
sharpen her criminal resolve -no more tights drying over the heater
for her -and her journey to wealth and power involves lots of sex
and shopping for designer dresses. Less thriller than subversive
post-feminist social satire, it has the blunt candour of Hilton
herself-a 40-something solo mother whose experience as an intern at
Christies clearly informs Maestra. Judith's
catch-a-billionaire-will-travel goals upset some of the Literary
Sisterhood but Maestra 's bonk -buster reputation disguises a
razor-sharp novel on class and power.
*New Zealand Herald*
The Becky Sharp-style trajectory of the narrator proceeds with
great momentum as she gets her psychopathic revenge on the snobs of
the old master art world
*The Week*
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