Finalist:

Lambda Literary Award

 

 

 

A taut story of trust and deceit, of self-discovery and self-doubt. Seven Moves is a psychological journey that takes you through a sweep of emotions, into a world where the unspoken jealousies and insecurities between lovers can turn tragic.

Christine Snow, a successful Chicago therapist, sets out to find her vanished lover, an elusive travel photographer.

Cutting a trail that leads into the heart of Morocco, Seven Moves tracks Chris's gradual recognition that no one can ever really know the soul of the other.

"Engrossing...it deftly explores the varying forms identity can take when complicated by love and desire."

New York Times Book Review

"The exquisite intelligence of the prose, the focus on sexual fascination, and the deft portrayal of a relentlessly contemporary American scene [all] remind me of John Updike's work."

Boston Globe

 

"Anshaw's trek through the human heart, by way of its libido and illusions, is done with consummate skill, humor and poignance...Anshaw has crafted a novel that defies easy categorization as romance, mystery, thriller or lesbian fiction. Whatever. Just be sure to block out an evening to devour it, or be devoured by it."

Detroit Free Press

 

"This is writing of a high order."

Washington Post