A revolving contract to steal Hokusai's Great Wave pushes an international art thief to her breaking point. After her identity is exposed she must use all her skills to evade her pursuers. Aurélie is a noir novella now published as a collected edition. Novelist Chad Taylor is the author of Departure Lounge, Electric, Shirker, Heaven, Pack of Lies and The Church of John Coltrane; and the short story collection The Man Who Wasn't Feeling Himself. He was awarded the Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellowship and the Auckland University Literary Fellowship. Heaven was made into a feature film and his novels and stories are in translation. He wrote the movie Realiti which was selected for Fantastic Fest. His most recent novel Blue Hotel was shortlisted for the Ngaio Marsh Awards Best Novel. "Smart, original, surprising and just about as cool as a novel can get" – Washington Post "Enigmatic noir" – Publishers Weekly "Effortlessly cool" – GQ "Accomplished noir… clear and uncluttered" – Time Out