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221x142mm, 328 pages, Hardback
ISBN: 978-1-914325-25-0
Price: £19.95
Available: Autumn 2022
IN THE FRAME
Lorraine Amrani
Spanning the years from the Nazi invasion of France through to the top auction houses of today, this fast paced thriller merges art crime and atmospheric historic scene setting to create a compelling narrative that will charm and compel in equal measure.
1940 - Nazi occupied France. As the Third Reich continues its switft invasion across Europe, Adolf Hitler's right-hand man, Reichsmarshall Herman Göring is utterly consumed by his own ambitions...

1945 - Germany. With the Nazis defeated , Special Officer Max Page Hamilton finds himself in the bombed-out ruins of Göring'a home ...

2017 - New York. Dr Francine Page-Hamilton, recently married to art dealer Adam Faris, is at the peak of her career. Everythying seems idyllic, but all is about to change forever...
"It is now four months since the Nazis goose-stepped into the French capital. German tanks and soldiers fill the arrondissements, wielding their might as they take over every public building. Throughout, they graphically display a ruthlessness and cruelty made all the worse by their reckless indulgence in crystal methamphetamine.  hard-wired on the Class A drug, they swelled with a false confidence but turned into perfect killing machines, feeling no need to sleep or eat, relentlessly pursuing the goal demanded by their superiors in Germany."
About the Author
Lorraine Amrani, a Londoner by birth, studied  history of art and went on to become an acclaimed painter. Her oil artworks have featured in exhibitions, publications and prominent offices, and in 1995 she was honoured to receive a commission to paint the portrait of Wilhelm Roentgen, the inventor of x-ray to celebrate its hundredth-year anniversary.

She has worked in the corridors of power at Westminster,  has explored the art of traditional candlemaking, and has also discovered the world of perfume making. But it was her further research into the lives of artists, combined with a natural creative spark, which finally led Lorraine to write her first book, In the Frame, drawing on her extensive experience to create a thriller for art enthusiasts the world over.