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The French Kiss
By Peter Israel
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In the fast-paced Paris art world, a forger has come home to roost
In a lavish Parisian gallery, a painting waits behind a velvet curtain. The room is full of the most interesting people in the city, from diplomats and spies to fishmongers and thieves, but the man of the hour has not yet appeared. Al Dove never makes an early entrance. Finally, he swoops in to applause, his nut-brown California tan standing out in the sea of pale Parisian skin, and prepares for his moment in the spotlight. He unveils the painting, an ultrarare masterpiece from an enigmatic painter, and the room goes quiet. And then from the back, someone screams a horrible word: “Fake!”
The room erupts into a riot, which Dove escapes only with the help of B. F. Cage, a tough-guy friend from the days when Al’s last name was still Dovici. There is a counterfeiter at large in Paris, and finding him will draw Cage into a shadowy world of drugs, smuggling, and million-dollar murder.
In a lavish Parisian gallery, a painting waits behind a velvet curtain. The room is full of the most interesting people in the city, from diplomats and spies to fishmongers and thieves, but the man of the hour has not yet appeared. Al Dove never makes an early entrance. Finally, he swoops in to applause, his nut-brown California tan standing out in the sea of pale Parisian skin, and prepares for his moment in the spotlight. He unveils the painting, an ultrarare masterpiece from an enigmatic painter, and the room goes quiet. And then from the back, someone screams a horrible word: “Fake!”
The room erupts into a riot, which Dove escapes only with the help of B. F. Cage, a tough-guy friend from the days when Al’s last name was still Dovici. There is a counterfeiter at large in Paris, and finding him will draw Cage into a shadowy world of drugs, smuggling, and million-dollar murder.
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Peter Israel
Peter Israel is a publishing veteran and author of mystery and crime novels. His career has included stints as editor in chief and chairman at G.P. Putnam’s Sons, directeur du service étranger at Éditions Albin Michel in Paris, and proprietor of his own book-packaging company. Erskine Caldwell praised Israel as “one of the most talented writers of the decade.” He lives in New Jersey.
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