Sarah Jost

Jan 16, 2025 | criminalelement.com | Crime HQ |James Byrne |Sarah Jost

Whether you're looking for your first read of the year or to start building your TBR list for days to come, we have plenty of must-reads with our most anticipated books of January 2025. The Lost House by Melissa LarsenIn Melissa Larsen’s The Lost House comes the mesmerizing story of a young woman with a haunting past who returns to her ancestral home in Iceland to investigate a gruesome murder in her family.

Nov 23, 2024 | bookreporter.com | Sarah Jost

THE ESTATE comes from a fine pedigree. Sarah Jost grew up in the shadow of Lake Geneva in the Swiss Alps, studied medieval and modern French, as well as art, and currently resides in England. Her experiences are on display in this sophomore thriller that includes one of the most unique characters I have ever met. Camille Leray is half-English and half-French and works as an art historian for a popular London firm.

Nov 20, 2024 | crimereads.com | Sarah Jost

Unlike English native-speakers, I didn’t really encounter gothic novels in the first twenty-or-so years of my life. I grew up in the French-speaking part Switzerland, and my modern and medieval literature studies focused on French authors and their preoccupations. Therefore hearing the concept of ‘gothic’ as a formative genre for the English psyche didn’t really mean much to me… or so I thought.

Nov 18, 2024 | novelsuspects.com | Sarah Jost

The protagonist of my second novel The Estate, Camille Leray, is an expert with the supernatural ability to enter the physical world of a piece of art. Even with this gift, she finds herself deceived, manipulated, misled by the sculptures she is engaging with, at the mercy of their creator. While writing her story, therefore, it was unavoidable that I started to wonder if all art is, to some extent, manipulation? I love that the very term ‘manipulation’ contains the Latin word for ‘hand’.

Nov 18, 2024 | criminalelement.com | Sarah Jost |Crime HQ |John Valeri

The Estate by Sarah Jost is a simmering speculative suspense that follows art historian Camille Leray, whose secret ability lands her in the middle of the dangerous schemes of the most powerful players in the industry. Keep reading for an essay from Sarah about why art experts make great detectives.