A dangerous talent
Alix London has a promising career as an art consultant, a sumptuous condo in Seattle<U+2019>s toniest neighborhood, a gorgeous figure, and a presence that exudes Ivy League breeding and old money. She has it all<U+2026>or does she? Only Alix knows that the image she presents to the world is a caref...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Las Vegas, NV:
Thomas & Mercer Publishers,
2012.
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| Series: | Alix London series ;
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| Summary: | Alix London has a promising career as an art consultant, a sumptuous condo in Seattle<U+2019>s toniest neighborhood, a gorgeous figure, and a presence that exudes Ivy League breeding and old money. She has it all<U+2026>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<U+2019>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<U+2014>and murder. Anxious to avoid becoming the next victim, she teams up with FBI Special Agent Ted Ellesworth<U+2014>and gets a little unlikely help from her roguish father<U+2014>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<U+2019>s look into the surprisingly treacherous contemporary art world. |
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| Physical Description: | 255 pages |
| ISBN: | 9781612182735 |
| Author Notes: | He won an Edgar award for Old Bones, as well as an Agatha (with his wife Charlotte), and a Nero Wolfe Award. His major continuing series features forensic anthropologist-detective Gideon Oliver, "the skeleton detective". Aaron speaks often at professional conferences, is a frequent contributor to the New York Times, has written for Smithsonian magazine, and is the author of several short stories. His work, which has been published in over a dozen languages, include: NASTY BREAKS (with his wife Charlotte Elkins), MAKE NO BONES, A DECEPTIVE CLARITY, SKELETON DANCE, THE DARK PLACE, and Little Tiny Teeth. He and his wife Charlotte live in Washington. (Bowker Author Biography) |
