THE SHOE QUEEN

Society beauty Genevieve Shelby King devotes her life to partying with theartists and writers of Montparnasse. But despite her rich husband,glamorous apartment and enormous shoe collection, there is somethinghollow at the centre of Genevieve's charmed life. When she spots a pair of exquisite shoes on the feet of an arch rival,her whole collection suddenly seems worthless. The exclusive designerPaolo Zachari, renowned for his fabulous shoes and eccentric behaviour,hand-picks his clients according to whim - and he has determined to say noto Genevieve. As her desire for the pair of unobtainable shoes develops into anobsession with their creator, Genevieve is forced to confront theemptiness at the heart of her own elaborately designed life. ‘A whirlwind of beauty and seduction, with a satisfyingly darkundercurrent' Psychologies