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ALix London, an art restorer, s trying to establish a career in Seattle. Her childhood of wealth ad prestige came tumbling down when her father, curator at a noted art museum is found guilty of art forgery and goes to prison. She is left to pick up the pieces and find a life for herself. At 29 she is now employed by a wealthy client who wants her to verify the authenticity of a painting. This takes her to Santa Fe, New Mexico, to the center of the arts community and she lands in the middle of a
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I read the next 3 in the series so it was time to read the first. Clever little art mystery in which you learn a bit about Georgia O'Keeffe and forgeries.
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Better than average in the theme-mystery genre, with the clear and straightforward prose that marks Elkins's style. Definitely seems to be inspired (at least partially) by the real-life case of John Drewe (covered excellently in Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art).
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