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When Jill Beck's great aunt dies in a suspicious fire, a dozen old family paintings create a stir in the closed world of the Western art circuit. After her life is threatened, Jill calls Zach Balfour for help. Zach and Jill race to stay alive despite the claims and counter-claims, the threats and lies, the death that waits inside the blue smoke of salesmanship, and the brutal truth of murder.

"Annie McMorrow, 31 and not recovered from the end of her long-term relationship, is an assistant to film producer Carlo Spinetti and then to his chilling wife Rebecca Winkleman Spinetti whose father started Winkleman Fine Art in Curzon St. Annie has spent her meagre savings on a dusty painting from a junk shop to give to her new, unsuitable, boyfriend who never shows up for his birthday dinner. The painting now hers, talks, but only to us. Shrewd,...

Ordinary Boy, the only resident of Superopolis without a superpower, uncovers and foils a sinister plot to destroy the town.