The Art Collector’s Daughter: 2023
A stylish historical thriller that explores what happens when art becomes an obsession. The novel tells how a Jewish art collector sends his daughter and his paintings to the Courtney family in Ireland during World War II. Twenty years later, his daughter Sylvie, a successful artist is, mysteriously, found, drowned, on a Wexford beach, and her father’s art collection is missing.When the dysfunctional Courtney family hires Claire Howard, art historian to create an inventory of Sylvie’s work, she uncovers a tangled web of deceit. Dark secrets from the past emerge and Claire does not know who to trust anymore.
Derville Murphy
- Poolbeg Press Ltd
- 9781781997284
- pages
- €10.99
- Paperback
- Ireland
- Historical fiction
