Five Warhols

by Jay Giles

For Morley Lake, unraveling an art heist bigger than the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum looting began with a stolen Warhol print—Red Mao. Mao’s owner, Herbert Wu, was gruesomely sliced to death by the thief who took the Warhol but left paintings by Renoir, Monet, Modigliani, Richter, and Hopper. Why? Why kill him? Why not take the good stuff? Instead, the thief stole four other Warhols from four other condos in Wu’s building. Warhols are nice, but c’mon. To Lake, the investigator for the company that insured Wu’s art, it smelled.

Full of scheming, manipulation, and slight-of-hand, Five Warhols is a story of privileged-class thievery. These people feel they’re so far above the law, it’s a game with no consequences. After all, the police are merely 9-to-5ers. Ah, but they weren’t counting on Lake who’s downright relentless.

379 pages, Paperback

Published September 2, 2025

About the author

Jay Giles is an award-winning writer in a different genre—advertising. You’ve seen his work on national television and in magazines and newspapers. During his career as an agency writer and creative director, he has marketed products from automobiles to whisky, earning more than 500 honors for creative excellence. He and his wife divide their time between homes in Cincinnati and Sarasota.

Jay's debut novel, Blindsided, was published by Reagent Press in 2006 and is available in premium trade paperback, audio, and digitial e-book editions. Soon also available in a premium hardcover edition with a slipcover.

Jay's second novel, Time on the Wire, was released in premium hardcover in 2008 and in premium trade paperback in 2009.

Jay's third novel, Moneymoon's End, will be published in premium hardcover in 2010.