The Muse

I very much enjoyed The Muse by Jessie Burton (author of The Miniaturist) which is set in London 1967 and Spain 1936.  The story is told alternately in these two time periods.  Odelle has come to London five years earlier from Trinidad.  She is beginning a new job at the office of an art dealer.  An older woman there, Quick, becomes a mentor for Odelle.  Odelle meets a young man who brings a mysterious painting in to the gallery which had belonged to his recently deceased mother.  When the time moves to 1936 Spain, the reader learns about the origin of the painting.  We enjoy both the stories and eventually they come together and the mystery is solved.  Great writing and storytelling. 5/5