** FINALIST, THE PEOPLE'S BOOK PRIZE, 2013 ** PAINTING BY NUMBERS is a dark, surreal PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER that follows one man’s relentless pursuit of a truth buried deep within. Day after day, earth scientist Jacob Boyce returns to a 17th century painting which hangs in a Scottish art gallery. By using a series of measurements and calculations, he attempts to decipher a strange mathematical code locked into its canvas. But as more of the painting’s hidden SECRETS are revealed, his life spirals into chaos, and his world is turned upside down. The object of his obsession has begun to move.
