Shapiro, author of The Art Forger, has something for both art enthusiasts and mystery-lovers with her seventh novel, The Muralist, which spotlights the transformative early years of American abstract expressionism while telling a gripping story of two unforgettable women. Shapiro entwines historical with fictional figures, charting the 1940s New York art scene and a woman’s mysterious disappearance, while also narrating the contemporary story of the missing woman’s great niece, who discovers the art that may at last resolve the mystery.

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