The Lost Portrait

PRE-ORDER NOW - THE COMPELLING NEW NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF DANGEROUS WOMENEdinburgh, 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…PRAISE FOR HOPE ADAMS‘Beautifully written… unputdownable’ KATIE FFORDE‘A gorgeous and compelling story with vibrant characters’ RACHEL HORE‘Fascinating…Engrossing and deeply satisfying’ THE TIMES‘Masterful plotting… an immensely satisfying read’ GUARDIAN‘Terrific’ ELIZABETH BUCHAN‘A fine story of suspense, sisterhood and society’ DAILY MAIL