The Lost Portrait

Hope Adams

Apr 2027 · Random House

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PRE-ORDER NOW - THE COMPELLING NEW NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF DANGEROUS WOMEN

Edinburgh, 1901. Artist Phoebe Carmichael is celebrating the completion of an astonishing set of murals in Mansfield Chapel. The work has taken her ten years.

Midway through the celebrations, something shocking happens: a woman, seemingly possessed by blind rage, attacks one of Phoebe's paintings, scratching out the faces of two girls whose portraits are nestled within the murals.

Why would this stranger wish to destroy her work?

And why did she choose to obliterate the tiny likeness of two innocent girls?

The woman is a stranger to Phoebe – and her actions a mystery.

As Phoebe sets out to unearth the truth, she discovers a new talent: the extraordinary art of keeping secrets...

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‘Beautifully written... unputdownable’ KATIE FFORDE

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‘Fascinating...Engrossing and deeply satisfying’ THE TIMES

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‘Terrific’ ELIZABETH BUCHAN

‘A fine story of suspense, sisterhood and society’ DAILY MAIL

PRE-ORDER NOW - THE COMPELLING NEW NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF DANGEROUS WOMEN Edinburgh, 1901. Artist Phoebe Carmichael is celebrating the completion of an astonishing set of murals in Mansfield Chapel. The work has taken her ten years. Midway through the celebrations, something shocking happens: ...

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About the author

Hope Adams was born in Jerusalem and spent her early childhood in many different countries, including Nigeria and British North Borneo. She now lives near Cambridge. She is the author of Dangerous Women, and has also written books for children and adults as Adèle Geras.

Hope Adams was born in Jerusalem and spent her early childhood in many different countries, including Nigeria and British North Borneo. She now lives near Cambridge. She is the author of Dangerous Women, and has also written books for children and adults as Adèle Geras.

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