Oliveira, Robin

While the plot doesn’t offer surprises, Oliveira’s (The Winter Sisters) latest novel provides an interesting glimpse into the lives of Scottish settlers in Seattle and Washington Territory in the 1880s.

Oliveira blends mystery, historical detail, and courtroom drama in a compelling story that will please most historical fiction fans, especially those who enjoyed the previous novel. [See Prepub Alert, 8/28/17.]

Oliveira has woven a rich tapestry of the artist's life in Belle Époque Paris, in a close, intimate rendering rather than a grand, sweeping landscape. Readers who enjoy historical fiction set in this time period will enjoy the novel, as will those who like fictionalized accounts of historical figures.