The Art Dealer

Mix six priceless works of art, a missing dealer, some serious insurance fraud, then throw in a few smart investigators, and what do you get? A fast paced page turner that forces you to take notice. Billionaire, Sam Richards, had no trouble outbidding all the other hopefuls when six masterpieces went under the Z Block gallery hammer. A few weeks later the paintings were stolen from the Richards mansion. Insurance-fraud is the hot-gossip reverberating throughout the art world. Detective Alexandra Papadopoulos defies the rulebook when she goes solo to talk to an informer in a part of town where the local currency is gang violence,not precious works of art. Papadopoulos discovers the paintings are on Sam Richards's yacht and bound for his South Pacific getaway island. Senior Sergeant, Tony Vascelli and Senior Detective, Mark Newman want to know who set the firebomb in the cargo wharf precinct. And who was the unidentified male seen in the running from the area. The action driven plot is a race against time to overcome dangerous odds.