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Forgers, Frauds, and Thieves
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jun 20 2026
Pages: 300
Weight: 0.89
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A lost painting. A deadly diagnosis. A temptation worth millions.
Chris Black is a talented young art restorer at the Art Institute of Chicago with a promising future, a woman he loves, and dreams of becoming a successful artist. When his wife, Jen, is diagnosed with a life-threatening brain tumor, those dreams collide with a reality neither of them can afford.
Working alongside Angel Acosta, a brilliant artist and master copyist, Chris discovers just how vulnerable the art world can be. Museums, collectors, and experts depend on authentication systems designed to separate masterpieces from frauds. But what happens when the people responsible for protecting those treasures learn how to defeat the very safeguards they created?
As medical bills mount and desperation grows, Chris and Angel are drawn into a world of deception, forged masterpieces, and impossible choices. What begins as a solution to a financial crisis soon becomes a dangerous game involving museums, collectors, criminals, and millions of dollars.
Set against the fascinating backdrop of the international art world, Forgers, Frauds, and Thieves is a gripping novel of friendship, loyalty, love, greed, and the price people are willing to pay to save those they love.
For fans of art mysteries, museum thrillers, and intelligent crime fiction, this novel offers a rare glimpse behind the scenes of the world of art authentication and forgery.
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