Art World Museum

New York Times bestseller Named one of the best books of the year by the New York Public Library, the Financial Times, the New York Post, Book Riot, and The Sunday Times (London). An “exquisite” (The Washington Post) “hauntingly beautiful” (Associated Press) portrait of the Metropolitan...

Millions of people climb the grand marble staircase into New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art every year. But only a select few have unrestricted access to every nook and cranny. They're the guards in dark blue suits, keeping careful watch over this vast treasure house. Caught up in the early days of a glamorous journalism career, Patrick Bringley never thought he'd be one of them. Then his brother was diagnosed with fatal cancer and he needed to escape the mundane clamour of daily life. So he quit, and sought solace in the most beautiful place he knew.

In a race across Nazi-occupied Italy, two women—a German photographer and an American stenographer—hunt for priceless masterpieces looted from the Florentine art collections. In the summer of 1943, Eva Brunner is taking photographs of Nazi-looted art hidden in the salt mines of the Austrian...

INSTANT #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER An elite secret society of killers has controlled the world’s treasures for hundreds of years…until one member tears himself free to salvage his soul and protect his daughter’s life in this “astoundingly original, relentlessly paced, and purely...

A glamorous dinner party. A forged masterpiece. And a killer with a real flair for drama. When gallery owner and amateur sleuth Sadie Stewart receives an invitation to an exclusive murder mystery soirée hosted by legendary film director Marion Shaw, she expects an evening of intrigue, eccentric guests, and theatrical surprises. She doesn't expect a real murder. When one of the attendees is found dead and a suspiciously Klimt-like painting raises questions of forgery, Sadie quickly discovers that someone at the lavish penthouse gathering has far more to lose than their reputation. As she ...

One grand gallery reopening. One very dead guest. And a killer hiding in plain sight. Sadie Stewart was hoping for champagne toasts and Instagrammable moments at the grand reopening of her fire-ravaged art gallery. Instead, she got a poisoned guest, a media frenzy, and her best friend fingered as the prime suspect. Now Sadie’s trading wine tastings for witness lists as she dives headfirst into the cutthroat world of Chicago’s art scene where egos are priceless, grudges run deep, and forgery isn’t just a crime, it’s a career move. With a black-market ring of stolen masterpieces, a ...

When priceless art disappears, the public remembers the spectacle. Quinn Alder remembers the paperwork. Quinn is a records-minded volunteer and city clerk who knows a secret most people ignore: big crimes don’t survive on genius. They survive on routines, tolerated gaps, and paperwork that looks perfect while the real world quietly breaks. In four true-crime–inspired art theft mysteries, each built from public-record logic and rendered with cozy, conversational narration, Quinn follows what courts, invoices, logs, and liability numbers reveal when eyewitness drama falls apart. A ...

From the national bestselling author of Banyan Moon, a captivating, evocative story of two estranged sisters on a quest to find a painting by a forgotten Vietnamese artist that holds the truth of their family’s fractured past. Aside from the fact they are sisters, Vivi and Calla Nguyễn have...

A powerful art dealer who presents a convincing portrait of international success pulls an idealistic young gallery assistant into his web of lies. This sharp, edgy social thriller explores the price of ambition in the decadent underbelly of the high-end art world. Nobody knows quite who Rudolph...

One painting. One contested signature. One woman who refuses to let power rewrite the truth. Simone Vale knows language is never innocent. In the rarefied world of museums, private collectors, donor boards, and discreet institutional favours, a single phrase can protect a fortune. A missing detail can bury a crime. A polished line of provenance can turn theft into legacy. So when Simone finds an inconsistency in the records attached to a valuable painting, she does what she has built her career on doing: she asks the question no one wants asked. Who signed this? And who benefits if no one ...

She controls the language. He understands the power behind it. Simone Darrow survives by precision. In the rarefied world of museums, donors, private collections, and reputation management, one careless sentence can become a scandal. Simone knows how to control the record, contain the risk, and keep powerful men from mistaking access for authority. Then Dorian Cross walks into her boardroom. Polished, dangerous, and far too useful, Dorian is the kind of man institutions need but refuse to officially trust. He has donor access, collector influence, and a talent for finding the exact weakness...

The Louvre. The very name conjures up scenes of art and elegance, and of long halls filled with beauty and people strolling through them whispering quietly among themselves about the glories they are witnessing. Even those who have never been to the Louvre know some of its most prized possessions, from ancient statues to Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa. As the world's largest museum, the Louvre is the cultural highpoint of Paris, a city that has long been considered the cultural center of Europe.

The intimate, inspiring memoir of a “curator extraordinaire” (The Guardian)—part unputdownable coming-of-age story, part insider’s tour of the contemporary art world, part user’s manual on how to live a life driven by curiosity, conversation, and coincidence “A few years ago...

An assistant curator with a ruined reputation. The man who ghosted her years ago. One missing Roman bust. One ruthless donor. Everyone's a suspect. An enemies-to-lovers forced proximity gothic dark academia romance with scorching tension and a guaranteed HEA. Lila Becker survived a scandal that wasn't hers. Now she has one shot at redemption—a prestigious exhibition. Then he reappears. The man who vanished without a word. Alden Larken isn't here to apologize. He's here as an art consultant—but nothing about him adds up. And he's asking too many questions about Lila. But someone is ...

A school trip to the museum sounds boring. Look. Walk. Don’t run. Don’t touch anything. Until Alisa and Adeline get just a little too curious. Before they know it, the impossible happens: WOOSH! They’re pulled into a painting… Suddenly, they find themselves in the world of famous writers and artists. But how will they ever find their way back to the museum? An imaginative adventure about art, friendship, and the courage to explore. For curious readers aged 6 and up, perfect for reading aloud or for independent reading from age 8.

When Dr. Eliza Bennett accepts a short-term consultancy at a quiet Midwestern museum, she expects spreadsheets, provenance reports, and long nights alone with data. What she does not expect is a body in the conservation lab. Nor does she expect to become the prime witness in a murder investigation that smells faintly of linseed oil, forged masterpieces, and professional jealousy. As the museum reels from the shocking death of its formidable head conservator, Eliza finds herself pulled into a web of ambition, counterfeit art, and secrets worth killing for. The suspects are polished, powerful...

When Claire Bennett, curator at the Willow Creek Museum, discovers inconsistencies in a prized painting donated by wealthy collector Edward Langston, she's drawn into a dangerous world of art forgery and high-stakes secrets. Teaming up with the enigmatic art restorer Liam Hart, Claire must navigate a treacherous landscape of lies, power, and corruption to expose the truth. As they dig deeper, Claire and Liam uncover a vast conspiracy reaching far beyond a single forged masterpiece. With a mysterious symbol connecting multiple fraudulent works and a cunning gallery owner named Margot Vance ...

EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL “Startlingly inventive.”—The New York Times Book Review “A sheer delight to read . . . I had no idea what was going to happen from one page to the next.”—Kate Atkinson On the grubby outskirts of Paris, Grace restores bric-a-brac, mends teapots...

One Marine's Passion for Ancient Civilizations and the Journey to Recover the World's Greatest Stolen Treasures. A blend of treasure hunt, police procedural, war-time thriller, and exposé of the international black-market in stolen art, told in the voice of a truly remarkable man: a soldier, a...

'A fascinating alternative history covering 2,500 years and a geographical span from Japan to California' NEW STATESMAN 'A revelation . . . The tale of each carpet as Armstrong tells it is untidy and tragic and comical all at once' TESSA HADLEY On the saddles of warlords, draping the walls of...