For years her explorer father promised Dr. Lauren Westlake she'd
accompany him on one of his Egyptian expeditions. But as the empty
promises mounted, Lauren determined to earn her own way. Now the
assistant curator of Egyptology for the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
Lauren receives two unexpected invitations.
The first is her
repentant father's offer to finally bring her to Egypt as his colleague
on a new expedition. The second is a chance to enter the world of New
York's wealthiest patrons who have been victims of art fraud.
With
Egyptomania sweeping the city after the discovery of King Tut's tomb,
Detective Joe Caravello is on the hunt for a notorious forger preying on
the open wallets of New York's high society. Dr. Westlake is just the
expert he needs to help him track the criminal. Together they search for
the truth, and the closer Lauren and Joe get to discovering the
forger's identity, the more entangled they become in a web of deception
and crime.
About The Author
Jocelyn Green is a former journalist who puts her investigative skills to work in writing both nonfiction and historical fiction to inspire faith and courage.
The honors her books have received include the Christy Award in historical fiction, and gold medals from the Military Writers Society of America and the Advanced Writers and Speakers Association.
Complex and nuanced characters, rich historical detail and twisting plots make her novels immersive experiences. Her fiction has been praised by Historical Novel Society, Romantic Times, Library Journal, historians specializing in her novels’ time periods, as well as popular and acclaimed authors Laura Frantz, Lori Benton, Jody Hedlund, Sarah Sundin, Joanne Bischof, Julie Lessman, and more.
Jocelyn loves Broadway musicals, the color red, strawberry-rhubarb pie, Mexican food, and well-done documentaries. She lives in Iowa with her husband, two children, and two cats she should have named Catticus Finch and Purrman Meowville.
Visit her at jocelyngreen.com.
My Review
I loved the research that went into this fictional read, be sure to read the author's notes.
This is a story of a accomplished young woman, with a gift for Egyptian art, and finding forgeries! She is also a woman who finds a lost teenage love, and is looking for a relationship with her estranged father. Enter a police detective, actually the teenage boyfriend, and now a police detective, he is seeking her help and expertise.
If your looking for a read with a mystery, suspense, gangsters, and forgeries, this one will keep you page turning!
Looking forward to the next read in this series!
I received this book through Net Galley and the Publisher Bethany House, and was not required to give a positive review.
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