Masterpiece

NOT EVERYONE GETS A CHANCE AT A FORTUNE.
BUT SHE'S ONLY ONE TINY BURGLARY AWAY...

Forger Mikky dos Santos leaps onto the London art scene like Mick Jagger as Jumpin' Jack Flash - landing smack in the middle of the crime genre as a tattooed, amoral, ruthless badass who'll steal your heart with one hand and lift her neighbor's Vermeer with the other.

Janet Pywell has created a breathtaking new protagonist in Heavy Metal t-shirts and a virtual bodysuit of shocking tattoos - as exhilarating as a new Lisbeth Salander, only with more and meaner tattoos and an equal amount of attitude, yet underlying it all, a longing for human connection that makes you love her despite her own best efforts.

She's had a hard life and she's learned from it - now she wants to move on, and she's got a plan. When her professor told her she'd never make it as an artist, but she could be a world class forger, she didn't hesitate - from that moment, it was a life of crime for Mikky dos Santos.

But it's her soft heart that gets her in trouble. She's playing the long game, waiting for her neighbor to die so she can steal nice Mrs. Green's Vermeer, but she's developed a soft spot for the old lady.

No problem so far - who says you can't be friends with your mark? She's not even going to touch the painting till Mrs Green's past caring. But some other art thief gets there first - one who's not about to let a sweet old lady stand in the way. And they've unleashed Mikky's wrath by killing her.

So now it's another long game - one of "who do you trust"? Not her roommate and closest friend. Not Mrs Green's relatives. Not a certain sinister journalist. And definitely not her uninvited but intriguing new friend, an oddly clingy celebrity who won't go away despite Mikky's many rebuffs.

Rich glimpses into European cities, a savvy feel for the international art world, an electrifying female sleuth who blasts into your life like the Heavy Metal bands she was raised on, and a stunning twist at the end are just a few of the joys of this refreshing new mystery series.

Fans of female sleuths from Kinsey Millhone right up to THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO will fall for Mikky. And those who can't get enough of sly Jennifer Crusie novels, the YA series HEIST SOCIETY, movies like OCEAN'S 8, and shows like GOOD GIRLS will be instantly hooked.


Genre: Mystery