First published 2017
Jamie Watson hoped winter break would offer peace after a deadly fall semester. Instead, he finds himself at the tense Holmes family estate in Sussex, where Charlotte's beloved uncle Leander has vanished. The uncle had been working undercover in a German art forgery operation before he disappeared without explanation. Charlotte throws herself into the search with fierce determination. She drags Jamie to Berlin, where they must contact August Moriarty, her former obsession who most people believe is dead. His family has been stealing famous paintings for a century. The trail leads them through Berlin's gritty underground art scene to elegant galleries in Prague. What starts as a simple missing person case grows into something far more complex and deadly. Jamie and Charlotte discover secrets that will reshape everything they understand about their families and themselves. Meanwhile, their friendship teeters on the edge of becoming something deeper, though Charlotte's dark history still stands between them.
Genres: romance, mystery, contemporary, thriller
Vibes: atmospheric, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Sussex, Berlin, Prague
Period: Winter
317 pages · Hardcover · HarperCollins