"She opened the shagreen box. Couched in gray silk was an emerald
necklace, one he had not seen for twenty years. The stones were
just as he recalled them: a dozen or more, baguette cut and set in
gold links, with a single ruby at the center. Flashes of verdigris,
orpiment, and Prussian blue sparkled in the candlelight. The form
of this necklace was as disturbing as ever. It had nearly cost him
his life."
It is the summer of 1765. The renowned and exquisitely dressed
portrait painter Joshua Pope accepts a commission to paint the
wedding portrait of Herbert Bentnick and his fiancee, Sabine
Mercer, to whom Bentnick has become engaged less than a year after
the death of his first wife. Joshua has barely begun the portrait
when a man's body is found in the conservatory. A few days later,
Sabine's emerald necklace disappears, and Bentnick accuses Joshua
of theft. The painter is suddenly fighting not only for his
reputation but for his life. With a sure understanding of period
detail and character, Janet Gleeson creates a richly nuanced tale
of greed and revenge that plays out in the refined landscapes and
dark streets of eighteenth-century London.
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