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    "description": "<p>Annie McDee, thirty-one, lives in a shabby London flat, works as a chef, and is struggling to get by. Reeling from a sudden breakup, she&rsquo;s taken on an unsuitable new lover and finds herself rummaging through a secondhand shop to buy him a birthday gift. A dusty, anonymous old painting catches her eye. After spending her meager savings on the artwork, Annie prepares an exquisite birthday dinner for two&mdash;only to be stood up. The painting becomes hers, and Annie begins to suspect that it may be more valuable than she&rsquo;d thought. Soon she finds herself pursued by parties who would do anything to possess her picture: an exiled Russian oligarch, an avaricious sheikha, an unscrupulous art dealer. In her search for the painting&rsquo;s identity, Annie will unwittingly discover some of the darkest secrets of European history&mdash;and the possibility of falling in love again.</p>",
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