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Oscar de Muriel
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1930s new york
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art history
art mystery
art scandal
art world fiction
artist novel
Author_Oscar de Muriel
books about artists
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clare boothe luce
diego rivera
dorothy hale
duchess of windsor
el suicidio de dorothy hale
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feminist fiction
forthcoming
frida kahlo
frida kahlo exhibition
historical mystery
kahlo anniversary
life magazine
manhattan
mexican art
paris
political intrigue
portrait painting
surrealism
tate exhibition
tate modern
twentieth-century history
wallis simpson
women artists

Product details

  • ISBN 9781917569279
  • Weight: 750g
  • Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
  • Publication Date: 25 Jun 2026
  • Publisher: Extraordinary Books
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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A Frida Kahlo painting, a scandal, a mystery … and secrets that threaten to change the course of history.

In 1938, showgirl-turned-socialite Dorothy Hale falls to her death from a Manhattan skyscraper. Her friend, writer and future diplomat Clare Boothe Luce, commissions Frida Kahlo to paint a memorial portrait.

Months later, while reporting from Europe for LIFE Magazine, Clare encounters the Duchess of Windsor in Paris and begins to see Dorothy’s death in a new light.

Meanwhile, in New York, Frida grapples with alienation, prejudice and estrangement from her husband Diego Rivera. As she works on her masterpiece, she, too, draws closer to the truth.

At the heart of this novel lies a mystery: was Dorothy’s death suicide or murder, and how does it connect to the forces shaping the twentieth century?
About Oscar de Muriel
Oscar de Muriel is a writer, translator, historian and violinist. He is the author of a successful series of Victorian mysteries, for which he has been nominated for various awards. He is currently collaborating with the Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera Anahuacalli Museums to write a definitive book on Casa Azul, where Frida and Diego lived and painted. Born in Mexico City, he divides his time between that city, Northern England and Edinburgh.

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