In A Frame for the Dead, art restorer Sofia Bianchi arrives at a remote Scottish manor for an exclusive artists’ retreat—only to find herself surrounded by strangers with secrets, an empty gold frame carved with the mysterious Σ†B, and a murder before the first night ends. When a fellow guest is found dead with her name clenched in his hand, Sofia is drawn into a web of hidden compartments, coded scrolls, and fragments of a child’s portrait—Lucia—who has appeared across centuries of buried art. Every frame holds more than a painting; some guard memory, others guard the dead. As storms lash the loch and tension mounts inside Greystone House, Sofia discovers etched glass that shouldn’t exist, linking the child’s image to a living girl among them. To unravel the truth, Sofia must navigate the rivalries of the art world, the watchful eye of Detective Graye, and the reach of those who will kill to keep Lucia hidden. The answers lie somewhere between art and myth, preservation and possession—inside a frame that may be the key to a centuries-old conspiracy. A Frame for the Dead is a taut, atmospheric mystery that blends gothic suspense with the razor precision of an art restoration.
