A gripping psychological thriller for the top of your TBR
From the Back Cover of The Blue Prussian
Blake O’Brien, a beautiful, young executive with a globetrotting career, returns to her native Manhattan from San Francisco after escaping—or so she thinks—her marriage to a prince of darkness. She had been hoping for a fresh start but learns that she has been poisoned with thallium—a deadly neurotoxin referred to as the poisoner’s poison.
Blake is treated with the only known antidote—Prussian blue, which is the synthetic pigment with the deeply saturated hue used in dazzling masterpieces like The Starry Night and The Great Wave. It seems almost unfathomable to Blake that her fate rests upon a centuries-old dye. Then she learns an even more shocking and macabre twist—the alchemist who invented Prussian blue was the rumored basis for Mary Shelley’s character, Dr. Frankenstein. The similarities to Blake’s financier ex are striking as his true nature is revealed—including the discovery of a secret room in the brooding Victorian home where they lived in Nob Hill.
As the chilling tale of betrayal and treachery unfolds, Blake’s resolve triumphs and the camaraderie of her close friends strengthens her, as she takes the reader on a tantalizing international pursuit to catch her poisoner, who is known to the FBI as The Blue Prussian.
Features and Resources
The Great Wave as Featured in the Book
The Great Wave as Featured in the Book
The Great Wave as Featured in the Book
The breathtaking woodblock print, Under the Wave off Kanagawa, also known as The Great Wave, by Katsushika Hokusai (c. 1830-32) used a palette of Prussian blue and changed the world of art. Hokusai masterfully played with perspective to make Japan’s grandest mountain appear small within the hollow of the tentacled, cresting wave.
Book Club Discussion Guide
The Great Wave as Featured in the Book
The Great Wave as Featured in the Book
Eve has prepared a guide for book club discussions of The Blue Prussian. The guide includes 40 engaging questions and can be downloaded via the link provided below.
Public Health Resources
The Great Wave as Featured in the Book
Public Health Resources
The Blue Prussian is a story that sprung from an active imagination and is a work of fiction that involves matters of public interest. Links to public resources are provided for reference.
About Eve Penrose
An Active Imagination and a Pen
EVE PENROSE is an author and a storyteller. She formerly held a security clearance and enjoys all things of international intrigue. Her craft and her active imagination provided plenty of fodder for the plot and characters in her debut novel, The Blue Prussian. Eve also had thallium poisoning, for which she took the antidote, Prussian blue. While The Blue Prussian is a work of fiction, that fact is all too true. Eve lives in Manhattan and is currently writing the sequel.
