The Shadow Artist

About this book

"Proving once again she is the best at combining historical stories and the world of art, Lisa Barr has created a true thriller, weaving together the Ghost Army's real deception tactics with modern espionage." ─Heather Morris, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz From the New York Times bestselling author of Woman on Fire and The Goddess of Warsaw comes a suspenseful novel of art, deception, and revenge--a dual timeline story of a contemporary hired killer out to avenge the horrors of World War II.When a paintbrush proves more lethal than a pistol . . .The Shadow Artist is a high-octane blend of love, war, art, and female power. A fearless graffiti artist with a secret identity--known only by the mysterious moniker with which she signs her work, Dirt Bitch--joins forces with a rogue CIA agent to hunt down an elusive female terrorist hired by a prominent neo-Nazi to settle an old score dating back to the Second World War. Their hunt unleashes a deadly and duplicitous game in which art itself becomes the ultimate weapon.A propulsive pursuit of payback and paying it forward, The Shadow Artist pits past against present and reveals how art can be manipulated into a weapon of deception both in the past and today.