Lisa Barr

" Barr’s vigorous prose complements her fully realized characters. Readers will be gripped from start to finish."

"Thick with history, scandal, romance and deceit, WOMAN ON FIRE is a truly compulsive read."

" An exuberant and propulsive thriller laced with sex, art, and history ... a story that forces readers to question where the line should be drawn between the pursuit of justice and the hunt for revenge."

"Barr’s riveting dive into the dark side of the international art world, led by an intrepid young journalist, had me on the edge of my seat."

" Addictively propulsive and laced with rapid-fire twists and turns, this sizzling tale of deception, lust, Nazi-looted art, and murder crackles with tension and comes vividly, strikingly alive in Lisa Barr's skilled hands."

" This book will have you gripping the pages until the very end."

"Woman on Fire is a sharp, propulsive page-turner that will keep readers in suspense."

"Beautifully written, well researched and filled with twists you’ll never see coming -- everything you want in a rich, juicy page-turner."

"This book has it all ...compelling and rich, twisted and devious, I devoured it in a matter of days."

"WOMAN ON FIRE makes you think and feel long after the final page is turned. I’m ready for more!"

"WOMAN ON FIRE is a sexy, dazzling and compulsive thriller you simply cannot forget."

"A truly astonishing novel that builds tension sentence by gorgeous sentence."

From the author of the award-winning FUGITIVE COLORS and THE UNBREAKABLES, WOMAN ON FIRE is a gripping tale of a young, ambitious journalist embroiled in an international art scandal centered around a Nazi-looted masterpiece—forcing the ultimate showdown between passion and possession, lovers and liars, history and truth.

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Breaking “Book News”

Actress Sharon Stone to produce and star in film adaptation of WOMAN ON FIRE!

EXCLUSIVE: Sharon Stone (The Flight Attendant, Ratched) has optioned the rights to Lisa Barr’s upcoming novel Woman on Fire, inking a deal to produce and star in a film adaptation.

In the novel set for release via HarperCollins on March 1, a savvy, young journalist gets embroiled in a major international art scandal centered around a Nazi-looted masterpiece, and must contemplate whether finding the painting and exposing its dark history is worth her life. The thriller laced with sex, art and history forces readers to question where the line should be drawn between the pursuit of justice and the hunt for revenge…

About Lisa Barr

Lisa Barr is the New York Times bestselling author of WOMAN ON FIRE, THE UNBREAKABLES and the award-winning historical thriller FUGITIVE COLORS. Her latest historical thriller THE GODDESS OF WARSAW makes its debut in May, 2024. She has served as an editor for The Jerusalem Post, managing editor of Today's Chicago Woman and Moment magazine, and as an editor and reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times. She has appeared on Good Morning America and Today for her work as an author, journalist, and blogger. In breaking book news: Actress Sharon Stone is set to produce and star in the film adaptation of WOMAN ON FIRE.

“An exuberant and propulsive thriller laced with sex, art, and history. Lisa Barr has created an unforgettable story that forces readers to question where the line should be drawn between the pursuit of justice and the hunt for revenge.”
— Alyson Richman, international bestselling author of The Secret of Clouds

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