The Icon Thief - Icon Thief, Bk 1 Author:Alec Nevala-Lee A controversial masterpiece resurfaces in Budapest. A headless ballerina is found beneath the boardwalk at Brighton Beach. And New York's Russian mafia is about to collide with the equally ruthless art world.... — Maddy Blume, an ambitious young art buyer for a Manhattan hedge fund, is desperate to track down a priceless painting by Marcel Du... more »champ, the most influential artist of the twentieth century.
The discovery of a woman's decapitated body thrusts criminal investigator Alan Powell into a search for the same painting, with its enigmatic image of a headless nude.
And a Russian thief and assassin known as the Scythian must steal the painting to save his reputation--and his life.
The murderous race is on. And in the lead is an insidious secret society intent on reclaiming the painting for reasons of its own--and by any means necessary....« less