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When a beautiful woman enters Leonid McGill’s office with a satchel of cash, she reveals she is an artist who has escaped poverty through marriage to a wealthy collector. The collector, who has two ex-wives whose deaths remain suspicious, now faces threats to his life. McGill must navigate the woman’s tangled story and the collector’s shadowy history to uncover the truth, all while standing on the brink of danger himself.
First publish date: 2011
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator
Authors: Walter Mosley
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