The Wife Behind the Portrait

von Mouluda Akter

554 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

A hidden face. A woman who refuses to be found. And a painting that was never meant to tell the whole truth.Art conservator Clara Whitcomb discovers something impossible beneath a nineteenth-century portrait: evidence that the face has been altered-not once, but more than once. Somewhere beneath the visible image may be the likeness of Margaret Bell, a woman believed to be alive.Clara has spent her career recovering lost histories. But this discovery forces her to confront a question she has never had to ask before: does finding the truth give anyone the right to reveal it?When Margaret sends a simple warning-Do not uncover the face-the mystery deepens. Then powerful family interests, a wealthy foundation, and a museum determined to turn hidden history into public discovery begin closing in.As old letters, private archives, a stolen file, and a decades-old portrait expose a buried history of marriage, control, disappearance, and survival, Clara must decide what matters more: uncovering the truth, or protecting the woman who lived through it.The deeper she goes, the clearer one thing becomes:Some secrets were hidden to erase a woman.Others were hidden to save her.The Wife Behind the Portrait is a haunting mystery about identity, memory, consent, and the dangerous line between preservation and possession.

• Reihe: The Dead Wives Club Series
• Themen: Belletristik Kriminalromane und Mystery Krimis mit Ermittlerinnen
• ISBN: 9798237732597
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 15.09.2026
• Größe: 216 x 140 mm
• Verlag: Mouluda Akter