Fraud, forgery and murder, set in the high-stakes world of fine art.
When the Russian wife of the owner of one of the most valuable private
collections of modern art in the UK is found dead, Detective Chief
Inspector David Brock is drawn into a high-stakes world very different
to his own. From the dealers and galleries in London's West End, his
investigations take him to Hanover, Miami and New York on the trail of
international forgery and fraud.
At the same time, his old colleague Detective Chief Inspector Kathy
Kolla, who now leads one of the Metropolitan Police Murder Investigation
teams, finds herself at the wrong end of a corruption charge. With her
whole career in the balance, she will do almost anything to clear her
name.
'Barry Maitland is one of Australia's finest crime writers.' - Sunday
Tasmanian
'Maitland stacks his characters in interesting piles, and lets his
mystery burn busily and bright.' - Courier-Mail
'No one drops so many wonderful threads to a story or ties them so
satisfyingly together at the end.' - The Australian
'Maitland is right up there with Ruth Rendell in my book.' - Australian
Book Review