The Artist's Secret by Alexandra Joel

A family mystery unsettles the art world

Good Condition - with scuffed covers, rubbed edges and small corner creases. There is a chipped patch at the lower front edge beside the spine, and the front cover is slightly curled.

In 1987, talented art historian Wren Summers secures a coveted position at the Sydney Art Museum, hoping her professional success will help her leave an unconventional past behind. Instead, a disturbing family revelation sends her to New York in search of a missing girl and answers that could alter her understanding of herself. The glamorous international art world offers opportunity, romance and the possibility of a new beginning, but its polished surfaces conceal deception and betrayal. As Wren follows the mystery, questions of identity and loyalty become increasingly difficult to separate from danger. Alexandra Joel's novel combines an ambitious woman's search for belonging with the secrets, temptations and divided allegiances surrounding valuable art.