A Dangerous Talent (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781612182735)

From the outside, Alix London appears to have it all: a glamorous career as an art consultant, a sumptuous condo in Seattle's toniest neighborhood, a gorgeous figure, and a presence that positively exudes Ivy League breeding and old money. Unfortunately for Alix, what you see isn't exactly what you get. A brilliant, once-promising art student, the daughter of a prominent New York art conservator, Alix and her world were 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.

Then she meets Christine Lemay, a novice art collector with deep pockets and a handle on a recently discovered painting by American master Georgia O'Keeffe. Chris needs the painting authenticated, and Alix's career desperately needs the boost that will come from such a high-profile assignment. But when an attempted art theft goes horribly wrong, Alix is plunged into a tangled web of forgery, deceit--and murder. Only her connoisseur's eye (and a little unlikely help from her roguish father) can give the FBI the expertise they need to crack the case...assuming the killer doesn't come for her next. Witty and surprising, A Dangerous Talent introduces a clever and enchanting new sleuth to the ranks of American detective fiction.

Author: Charlotte Elkins, Aaron Elkins
ISBN-10: 1612182739
ISBN-13: 9781612182735
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
Language: English
Published: 03/06/2012
Pages: 255
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d