FALSE LIGHT

Scholarly sleuths Erika Shawn, art magazine editor, and Harrison Wheatley, art history professor, tackle another brain teaser.  This time they aim to crack the long-undeciphered code of prankish art forger, Eric Hebborn (Drawn to Trouble, Edinburgh 1991), and reveal the whereabouts of a number of his brilliant counterfeits.

Hebborn’s game is anything but straightforward, however, and in navigating its twists and turns, the duo is caught up in an even darker realm of art crime.  After several participants in the encryption probe are murdered, it becomes clear that there are players for whom there is more at stake here than tracking down a scattering of Old Master knock-offs.

As the couple becomes more entangled in the malevolent goings-on and more determined to help bring them to an end, both their courage- and love-under-fire are tested to their limits.

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“Riess has outdone herself. From the very first pages False Lightexplodes into motion. There’s excitement, intrigue, and intricate painting of characters. It is fast-moving and mind-grabbing. The author’s best yet.” 

~ Alan Covey, M.D.

“What an enchanting read! The narrative pulls you along at a great pace. Not only is the love relationship of the two leading characters, Erika and Harrison, delightfully told, but the complexities and criminal activities of the art world are revealed dramatically. Mystery. Passion. Crime. All in one. What more could a book-lover want.”

~ Elizabeth Cooke, award-winning author

of the Hotel Marcel Series