Portrait of an Unknown Lady: A Novel Science Fiction Crime & Mystery

Portrait of an Unknown Lady: A Novel Science Fiction Crime & MysteryA New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice New York Times Notable author Mara Gainza, who dazzled critics with Optic Nerve, returns with the captivating story of an auction house employee on the trail of an enigmatic master forger In the Buenos Aires art world, a master forger has achieved legendary status. Rumored to be a woman, she specializes in canvases by the painter Mariette Lydis, a portraitist of Argentinean high society. But who is this

owing to a case of mistaken identity

With more than fifty full-color photographs

The eternal battle for souls has come to earth

and “will be loved by readers wanting to have their heart strings plucked” (The Guardian)

But war will change Jolene in ways that none of them could have foreseen

A contemporary classic

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and longs for the magical future she lost

Other motives are only hinted at―did the filmmaker have other footage that would reveal why one of the actors is behaving so furtively

Elsie makes up for her non-existent paycheck by offering her services as a fake girlfriend