{"id":26790,"date":"2025-07-27T08:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T08:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/26790\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T08:00:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T08:00:09","slug":"the-artist-by-lucy-steeds-is-book-of-the-week-at-waterstones-of-kings-lynn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/26790\/","title":{"rendered":"The Artist by Lucy Steeds is Book of the Week at Waterstones of King\u2019s Lynn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Waterstones\u2019 book of the week is The Artist, a lush, impressive debut novel by Lucy Steeds.<\/p>\n<p>Richly evocative of a Proven\u00e7al summer, Steeds&#8217; masterly 1920s-set novel focuses on an enigmatic painter, the young journalist set on penning a piece on him and the artist&#8217;s niece who harbours an unexpected secret.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph, an aspiring journalist, has been invited to the house. He believes he&#8217;ll make his name by interviewing the reclusive painter, the great Edouard Tartuffe.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 435 668\" alt=\"The Artist by Lucy Steeds\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"QTBZLYVXXE37UKCCF7DO.jpg\" data-ar=\"0.65\"\/>The Artist by Lucy Steeds<\/p>\n<p>But everyone has their secrets. And, under the cover of darkness, Ettie has spent years cultivating hers.<\/p>\n<p>Over this sweltering summer, everyone&#8217;s true colours will be revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Because Ettie is ready to be seen. Even if it means setting her world on fire.<\/p>\n<p>Waterstones Top Ten<\/p>\n<p>1. The Safekeep \u2013 Yael Van Der Wouden<\/p>\n<p>2. Caught Up \u2013 Navessa Allen<\/p>\n<p>3. Midnight and Blue \u2013 Ian Rankin<\/p>\n<p>4. Sleepwalkers \u2013 Scarlett Thomas<\/p>\n<p>5. The Place of Tides \u2013 James Rebanks<\/p>\n<p>6. Raising Hare &#8211; Chloe Dalton<\/p>\n<p>7. The Troubled Deep \u2013 Rob Parker<\/p>\n<p>8. Don\u2019t Let Him In \u2013 Lisa Jewell<\/p>\n<p>9. Death at Fakenham \u2013 Ross Greenwood<\/p>\n<p>10. Rewitched \u2013 Lucy Jane Wood<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Waterstones\u2019 book of the week is The Artist, a lush, impressive debut novel by Lucy Steeds. Richly evocative&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26791,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[10052,457,96,8781,6884,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-26790","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-arts-and-entertainment","9":"tag-books","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-kings-lynn","12":"tag-opinion","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}