The Muse

THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER
A picture hides a thousand words . . .
On a hot July day in 1967, Odelle Bastien climbs the stone steps of the Skelton gallery in London, ready for her luck to change. She has been employed as a typist by the glamorous and enigmatic Marjorie Quick, who unlocks a potential Odelle didn't realize she had. When a lost masterpiece arrives at the gallery, Quick seems to know more than she is prepared to reveal and Odelle is determined to unravel the truth.
The painting's secret history lies in 1936 and a large house in rural Spain, where Olive Schloss, the daughter of a renowned art dealer, is harbouring ambitions of her own. Into this fragile paradise come two strangers, who overturn the Schloss family with explosive and devastating consequences . . .
'Tremendous' Daily Mail
'Entrancing' Elle
'Heart-stopping' Daily Telegraph

Jessie Burton is the author of the Sunday Times number one and New York Times bestsellers The Miniaturist and The Muse, The House of Fortune and the children's book The Restless Girls. In its year of publication The Miniaturist sold over a million copies, and was adapted into a major TV series for BBC One. Her novels have been translated into thirty-eight languages, and she is a regular essay writer for newspapers and magazines. She lives in London.