Alix London has a promising career as an art consultant, a sumptuous
condo in Seattle's toniest neighborhood, a gorgeous figure, and a
presence that exudes Ivy League breeding and old money. She has it
all...or does she? Only Alix knows that the image she presents to the
world is a carefully constructed mirage that veils an embarrassing
truth. A brilliant, once-promising art student, the daughter of a
prominent New York art conservator, her world was left in ruins when her
father went to prison for art forgery. Now a Harvard dropout with an
emptied bank account, she is languishing in a career that has produced
little more than a lucky house-sitting gig. But all of that changes when
Alix meets Christine Lemay, a novice art collector with money to burn
and a hot tip on a recently discovered painting by American master
Georgia O'Keeffe. Chris hires Alix to perform the authentication, an
assignment that finally could launch Alix into the big leagues. But soon
after her arrival in Santa Fe, she finds herself tangled up in a web of
forgery, deceit--and murder. Anxious to avoid becoming the next victim,
she teams up with FBI Special Agent Ted Ellesworth--and gets a little
unlikely help from her roguish father--to uncover the truth behind the
painting and those who would kill to have it. Sharp, witty, and
devilishly fun, A Dangerous Talent offers an insider's look into the
surprisingly treacherous contemporary art world.
