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In a then and now format familiar to readers of Kate Morton's novels, Jessie Burton takes on immigration in 1960s Britain, Brits in Spain in the mid-1930s, and art.
Odelle Bastian gets a surprisingly good job, after lots of rejection, and it comes with an interesting/mysterious boss, who wants to be referred to as "Quick." A painting that arrives to be assessed ties past and present together in ways that are not immediately apparent, but become so as the story moves along.
The Muse is not as str ...more
Odelle Bastian gets a surprisingly good job, after lots of rejection, and it comes with an interesting/mysterious boss, who wants to be referred to as "Quick." A painting that arrives to be assessed ties past and present together in ways that are not immediately apparent, but become so as the story moves along.
The Muse is not as str ...more
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