Aspiring artist Olivia Katz only meant to drop by a fundraiser to see the Egyptian artifact that would ignite a global repatriation frenzy. But before the artifact is unveiled the museum director drops dead. Magic, crime, and love collide as Olivia gets in way over her head. From the dank tunnels of St. Louis, to the gritty Parisian underground, to an exotic Cairo cafe, the heist forces Olivia to entrust a mysterious Egyptian man with her life in order to save the life of her ex-fiance in this contemporary international thriller. Readers Group Guide Inside If you like art and writing as art and missing art you can't fail to like this artful caper by the talented Michele Bonnell. The author plays fair and all strings are neatly tied. A pleasure page by page. -John Lutz, New York Times Bestselling Author
Michele Bonnell's debut novel has been praised by New York Times bestselling author John Lutz as a pleasure page by page. An aspiring writer at the age of eleven, she was featured in a small town newspaper after receiving a hand-signed letter from the United States President. The journalist asked her if she wanted to be a politician. She replied no, I want to be a writer. After getting sidetracked for a few decades while she worked in the communications fields, she's wrapping up that media statement by becoming her eleven-year-old vision of a writer - a novelist. Michele has lived throughout the Midwest and in Philadelphia and Washington D.C. She currently lives in St. Louis with her Papillon Chloe.