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The Architecture of Lies
Paperback
Series: The Art of Deception, Book 4
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 17 2026
Pages: 260
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.55 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Some men forge paintings. Maximilian Devereaux forges certainty.
Tangier, 2002. A hidden document inside a harbor painting reveals more than stolen art-it exposes a secret economy built on deciding which version of history the world will believe.
One carefully worded authentication draws Max into the Council, a shadow network serving collectors, museums, banks, and governments. He tells himself he can enter their world, protect the innocent, and control the damage.
But every compromise expands his power-and tightens the trap.
From Geneva freeports to London auction houses and Lake Como villas, Max builds an empire one flawless provenance at a time. Soon, the greatest threat is no longer the men who recruited him.
It is the machine he created-and the moment it learns to operate without him.
Perfect for readers of Daniel Silva, Steve Berry, and Robert Ludlum, The Architecture of Lies is a sophisticated international art-crime thriller about ambition, deception, and the making of a dangerously brilliant antihero.
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