The Muse

<p><b>The <i>Sunday Times</i> Number One Bestseller and Richard and Judy Book Club Pick.</b><br><br><b>Sweeping from London in the sixties to 1930s rural Spain, <i>The Muse </i>is an unforgettable novel about love, obsession and a mysterious painting. From Jessie Burton, the million-copy bestselling author of <i>The Miniaturist.</i><br><br>'Those who loved <i>The Miniaturist</i> will find here all the cliffhangers, twists and heart-stopping revelations they expected, and in two evocative settings' &ndash; <i>Daily Telegraph</i></b><br><br>A picture hides a thousand words . . .<br><br>On a hot July day in 1967, Odelle Bastien climbs the stone steps of the Skelton gallery in London, knowing that her life is about to change forever. Having struggled to find her place in the city since she arrived from Trinidad, she has been offered a job as