Stretching from the late-nineteenth century to the present day, The Lost Masterpiece is wrapped around an enigmatic and powerful painting, Party on the Seine. Stolen by the Nazis. Believed to be destroyed for almost a century. Possibly haunted by the anguished spirit of Impressionist painter Berthe Morisot. Survivor of a flood, an earthquake and a fire when all the other artworks around it were destroyed. What secrets does it hold? What power? When Tamara Rubin inherits the valuable Party on the Seine, created by the famous ancestor she never knew she had-Edouard Manet-she also inherits a deep history and mystery. As the painting begins to metamorphose into darker and more terrifying versions of itself, Tamara’s life is upended. Who was her great-great-great-great-grandmother Berthe Morisot? What wounds, riddles & resentments plagued her, and what lengths will the spirit of Berthe go in order to enact her revenge?
