āUnforgettable . . . a powerful, page-turning tale of two extraordinary heroines who risk their lives rescuing stolen masterpieces during the Nazi occupation of Paris. A stunning read!ā āChanel Cleeton, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Our Last Days in Barcelona
From internationally bestselling author Bryn Turnbull comes a breathtaking novel about art theft and forgery in Nazi-occupied Paris, and two brave women who risk their lives rescuing looted masterpieces from Nazi destruction.
Sophie Dix fled Stuttgart with her brother as the Nazi regime gained power in Germany. Now, with her brother gone and her adopted home city of Paris conquered by the Reich, Sophie reluctantly accepts a position restoring damaged art at the Jeu de Paume museum under the supervision of the ERRāa German art commission using the museum as a repository for art theyāve looted from Jewish families.
Fabienne Brandt was a rising star in the Parisian bohemian arts movement until the Nazis put a stop to so-called ādegenerateā modern art. Still mourning the loss of her firebrand husband, sheās resolved to muddle her way through the occupation in whatever way she canāuntil her estranged sister-in-law, Sophie, arrives at her door with a stolen painting in hand.
Soon the two women embark upon a plan to save Parisās ādegenerates,ā working beneath the noses of Germanyās top art connoisseurs to replace the paintings in the Jeu de Paume with skillful forgeriesābut how long can Sophie and Fabienne sustain their masterful illusion?