As war looms over Britain and there is talk of gas masks and blackout, people are understandably jumpy and anxious. Stella Fry, who’s been working in Vienna for a Jewish family, returns home with no job and a broken heart. She answers an advertisement from a famous mystery writer, Hubert Newman, who needs a manuscript […]
The Flames by Sophie Haydock
This is the story of four muses. Women whose bodies were shown in intimate detail, depicted by the charming yet controversial artist Egon Schiele. But who were they? Adele: his passionate and fierce admirer.Gertrude: his spirited and possessive sister.Vally: his independent and proud model.Edith: Adele’s quiet and conventional sister. Or was she? The Flames reimagines […]