Now You See Him

In this suspenseful and beautifully written novel, the deaths of Rob and his girlfriend unleash a series of unexpected revelations in the lives of those around them, an unravelling that drives the narrative of Now You See Him.

At its centre is Rob's childhood best friend, Nick Framingham, whose ten-year marriage to his college sweetheart is faltering. Shocked by Rob's death, Nick begins to re-evaluate his own life and his past, and as he does so, a fault line opens up beneath him, leading him all the way to the novel's startling conclusion.

Eli Gottlieb is a revelation-a writer who combines a masterly command of storytelling with the sharpest and most piercing insight into contours of celebrity, the comfort and sadness of family life, and the unexpected things that can happen in any community.