Hot Paint

Neil Gulliver & Stevie Marriner #4

by Robert S. Levinson

This non-stop, pulse-jangling thrill ride has more heart-pounding twists and turns than an out-of-control roller coaster as L.A. newspaper columnist Neil Gulliver and his ex-wife, Stevie Marriner, chase after priceless art masterpieces stolen more than seventy years ago and believed lost forever. In fact, these treasures have never been lost, only hidden in the secret galleries and vaults of greedy art dealers and wealthy private collectors who have benefited from the looting and plundering of private collections by Hitler's Nazis during World War II. They are an ugly breed prepared to pay any sum to acquire more great works by the masters. Where power and wealth fail them, violence is readily available upon demand. The gift of a suite of Andy Warhol silkscreens plunges Neil and Stevie into this nasty, dangerous underworld. They escape more than one brush with death as they decipher the secret of each print and try to keep one step ahead of paid killers, among them Clegg, a terrifying, tormented man who has his private reasons for the murders he commits.

Hardcover

First published March 16, 2011

About the author

Robert S. Levinson is the best-selling author of the Neil Gulliver and Stevie Marriner series of mystery-thriller novels, the most recent, HOT PAINT, dealing with a suite of Andy Warhol prints that are the key to locating art masterpieces missing for more than half a century. He is currently serving a second term as president of the Mystery Writers of America-Southern California chapter, is on MWA's national board of directors, and wrote and produced the organization's 57th Annual Edgar Awards (May 1 in New York).

Reviews

[Linda Famous · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book was good - and this will sound lame - but can anyone who read it explain the ending to me? I mean, the last chapter where it implies that two characters you met earlier might not be who they seemed to be? (I don't want to give anything away, but if you read the entire book you'll know what I mean).