Still Life with Secrets

By S J Ainsley

Every painting tells a story. This one hides a crime.

When renowned art conservator Lila Greer begins restoring a 19th-century portrait, she uncovers a second image buried beneath the surface-a terrified young girl, painted with haunting realism and desperate fear. What starts as a rare artistic anomaly quickly becomes something far more disturbing.

As Lila investigates, she discovers the artist's dark legacy: a pattern of vanished women, each immortalized in his work before disappearing without a trace. But the deeper she digs, the more the past begins to reach into her present-through cryptic messages, escalating threats, and memories she can't fully recall.

Because the girl in the painting isn't just a victim.

She's connected to Lila.

Now, with more women disappearing and a hidden network desperate to keep the truth buried, Lila must uncover what really happened-before history repeats itself in the most personal way possible.

Tense, atmospheric, and deeply unsettling, Still Life with Secrets is a gripping psychological mystery where art conceals horror-and some truths refuse to stay hidden.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GWMMTV5F
• ISBN13: 9798233196300
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: S.J. Ainsley
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"