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Missing masterpieces, Nazi blackmailers and a pesky novice sleuth.When a Dutch art supplier hides the stock from his gallery - alternatively than turn it over to his Nazi blackmailer - he gives with his life, giving a treasure trove of modern masterpieces buried somewhere in Amsterdam, presumably lost permanently. That is, until American art history pupil Zelda Richardson sticks her nose area in.After learning for each year in the Netherlands, Zelda scores an internship at the prestigious Amsterdam Museum, where she works on an exhibition of paintings and sculptures once stolen by the Nazis, laying unclaimed in Dutch museum depots almost seventy years later. When two women assert the same family portrait of a young lady entitled Irises, Zelda is tasked with investigating the painting's background and soon locates evidence the particular one of both women must be laying about her former. Before she can figure out which one and just why, Zelda discovers about the Dutch art dealer's concealed collection. And that Irises is the main element to finding it.Her discoveries make her a target of someone inclined to steal - and even get rid of - to find the lacking paintings. As the set of suspects grows up, Zelda realizes she's to track down the lost collection and unmask a killer if she wants to survive.** One of The Displaced Nation's Top 36 Expat Fiction Picks of 2016 **Set in present day and wartime Amsterdam, this captivating mystery is not only about stolen paintings, but also the lives which were stolen.The perfect book for those who love art, background and mysteries.This amateur sleuth mystery details the plight of homosexuals and Jewish performers in Europe during World War II, as well as the complexities inherent to the restitution of artwork stolen by the Nazis in the 1930s and 1940s.
