The Missing Masterpiece

The night before Maple Glade's grand gallery opening, Jade Reed receives a mysterious late-night call from the owner, Marcus Blackwood. By morning, Marcus is dead, the town's most valuable painting is gone, and Jade is once again in the wrong place at the wrong time.

But this theft is no ordinary crime. "The Glade by Moonlight" hides a far older secret, one worth killing for. From coded carvings on antique frames to whispers of Nazi-looted art smuggled through coastal waters, every lead pull Jade deeper into a dangerous game played by ruthless treasure hunters.

With her home broken into, her friends drawn into the danger, and her own name appearing in the victim's final appointment book, Jade has two choices: walk away or expose the truth. The only problem? The people hunting the painting have already marked her as a threat.

In a race from quaint seaside streets to wartime shadows, Jade must solve the mystery before the masterpiece, and her life, vanish forever.