To understand the present, Arcadia Greentree must dig deep into her past.
Her family torn apart by tragedy, Arcadia tries to locate the "professor" whom she believes to be ultimately responsible. A series of clues lead her to Oxford University and a confrontation with her enemy - but all is not as it seems.
Simon Chesterman is David Marshall Professor and Vice Provost (Educational Innovation) at the National University of Singapore, where he is also the founding Dean of NUS College. Educated in Melbourne, Beijing, and Oxford, he has lived and worked in Singapore since 2006. Simon is the author or editor of more than twenty books, including the young adult Raising Arcadia trilogy and the standalone I, Huckleberry. The novel Artifice is his first work of general fiction.
Not as good as the first one - the mystery was much more predictable. I knew who was Mr Pratt's murderer 100 pages before their identity was revealed, and also guessed correctly who the mysterious Professor was.