A fascinating art history novel that follows 19th-century Impressionist painter Berthe Morisot and her 21st-century great-great-great granddaughter, who inherits a Nazi-looted Edouard Manet painting; for fans of Sarah Dunant, Elizabeth Kostova, Robin Oliveira, and Nancy Horan.
“A rich and gripping journey through intersecting lives, a nuanced exploration of characters... Inventive and immersive, it’s a page-turner of novel that will also make you want to slow down and soak it all in.”
—Author Lou Berney
“Lush, atmospheric . . . Shapiro’s romantic and suspenseful art thriller will delight historical- and crime-fiction fans.”
—Booklist
“B. A. Shapiro makes the radical, varied, and sometimes enigmatic world of abstract expressionism altogether human and accessible in her smart new historical thriller…”
—The Boston Globe
"[Shapiro] has such interesting things to say about authenticity—in both art and love—that her novel becomes not just emotionally involving but addictive.”
—Entertainment Weekly
About
B.A. Shapiro is the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of ten novels, including The Lost Masterpiece (June 17, 2025), Metropolis, The Collector’s Apprentice, The Muralist and The Art Forger, which won the New England Book Award for Fiction, among other honors. Her books have been selected as Community Reads throughout the country and have been translated into over a dozen languages.
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