Woman on fire /
Barr, Lisa,
Woman on fire / Lisa Barr. - London : Wellbeck Fiction, 2022. - 399 pages ; 24 cm.
Include bibliographical references.
After talking her way into a job, rising young journalist Jules Roth is given an unusual assignment: locate a painting stolen by the Nazis more than 75 years earlier. The painting? None other than legendary artist Ernst Engel's most famous work, Woman on fire. World-renowned shoe designer Ellis Baum wants this portrait of a mysterious woman for deeply personal reasons, but Jules doesn't have much time; the famous designer is dying. Meanwhile, in Europe, provocative and powerful Margaux de Laurent also searches for the painting. Heir to her art collector family's millions, Margaux is a cunning gallerist who gets everything she wants. The only thing standing in her way is Jules. Yet Jules has resources of her own, including Adam Baum, Ellis's grandson. A recovering addict and artist in his own right, Adam was once in Margaux's clutches, and he'll do anything to help Jules locate the painting before Margaux.
9781802794199
Engel, Ernst, 1821-1896 --Fiction.
Designers--Fiction.
Lost works of art--Fiction.
Art--Collectors and collecting--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Fiction.
Painting--Fiction.
Women journalists--Fiction.
Art thefts--History--Germany--20th century--Fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction).
Historical fiction.
813.6
Woman on fire / Lisa Barr. - London : Wellbeck Fiction, 2022. - 399 pages ; 24 cm.
Include bibliographical references.
After talking her way into a job, rising young journalist Jules Roth is given an unusual assignment: locate a painting stolen by the Nazis more than 75 years earlier. The painting? None other than legendary artist Ernst Engel's most famous work, Woman on fire. World-renowned shoe designer Ellis Baum wants this portrait of a mysterious woman for deeply personal reasons, but Jules doesn't have much time; the famous designer is dying. Meanwhile, in Europe, provocative and powerful Margaux de Laurent also searches for the painting. Heir to her art collector family's millions, Margaux is a cunning gallerist who gets everything she wants. The only thing standing in her way is Jules. Yet Jules has resources of her own, including Adam Baum, Ellis's grandson. A recovering addict and artist in his own right, Adam was once in Margaux's clutches, and he'll do anything to help Jules locate the painting before Margaux.
9781802794199
Engel, Ernst, 1821-1896 --Fiction.
Designers--Fiction.
Lost works of art--Fiction.
Art--Collectors and collecting--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Fiction.
Painting--Fiction.
Women journalists--Fiction.
Art thefts--History--Germany--20th century--Fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction).
Historical fiction.
813.6
