A new novel from the author of the million-copy bestseller }The Miniaturist{, about aspiration and identity, love and obsession, authenticity and deception. A lost masterpiece with a secret history is delivered to a London art gallery in 1967. The truth about the painting 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 comes artist and revolutionary Isaac Robles and his half-sister Teresa, who immediately insinuate themselves into the Schloss family, with explosive and devastating consequences.