BooksChatter: ☀ A Cloud of Fraud: Claire Bliss [3]

Thank you for joining us on the Virtual Book Tour for A Cloud of Fraud, a Mystery Thriller by Linda Ferreri (7 May 2019, Linda Ferreri Trustee, 225 pages).

This is the third book in the Claire Bliss series.

Don't miss our interview with author Linda Ferreri.

PREVIEW: Check out the book's synopsis and the Kindle Cloud Reader Preview below, as well as full details of the series.

Author Linda Ferreri will be awarding a $20 Amazon gift card to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour. Please do take part: comment on our post and follow the tour where you will be able to read other excerpts (☀), interviews (ℚ), reviews (✍) and guest blog posts (✉).

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Synopsis

A man is shot dead in front of City Hall in Philadelphia where his family is tangled in a bitter lawsuit. One brave woman, drawn there by a work of art, finds herself following a twisted trail to the hills of Le Marche in Italy to learn why. All the while, the cloud of fraud grows thicker and darker around her. But, as C. S. Forester said, perhaps the scandal of fraud enhances the flavor.

This thrilling story grabs and holds the reader from the first chapter through unexpected twists all the way to the richly satisfying ending. Art expert Claire Bliss and police Comandante Baldo are joined and antagonized by unforgettable characters in both Philadelphia and Italy. The authenticity of Ferreri’s players and their territories give special vibrance to the novel.

Lovers of the Renaissance will be drawn in immediately by the book’s cover, a painting of Mary Magdalene by Carlo Crivelli (ca. 1480) in the Rijksmuseum. Inside the book, a great art crime story unfolds together with a gem of a murder mystery.

A Cloud of Fraud is colorful, fast-moving entertainment.

Teaser: KCR Preview

One man shot at City Hall in Philadelphia, one masterpiece by an Italian renaissance painter missing. One woman on the trail of both.

A Cloud of Fraud
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The Series: Claire Bliss

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One Sacred Crown [1]

Many mysteries surround one of the world's most famous sacred objects, The Crown of the Andes, a stunning crown of gold and emeralds made in South America in the late 1500's. Who could have guessed its fate in the 20th century, in North America?

The exciting tale of a grieving young woman caught up in the greed surrounding the Crown is a work of modern suspense and passion. Her assignment to sell the Crown is the path of anguish to redemption.

The Crown, its owner, its pursuers and its rescuers all converge in a drama with a thrilling twist of fate, or is it fate?

[Published 15 January 2010, 354 pages]

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The Matter of the Crown [2]

The Crown of the Andes, one of the world's most precious and beautiful sacred objects, has been stolen right off the stage at Satterling's Auction House in New York City. Five pounds of magnificent baroque gold that ransomed the Inca Ruler Atahaulpa, and hundreds of perfect Colombian emeralds, all gone without a trace!

Will this legendary treasure be destroyed for its gold and emeralds? Claire, the heroine from "One Sacred Crown," braving danger and emotional turmoil, is in hot pursuit.

[Published 29 September 2014, 375 pages]

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About the Author

Linda Ferreri is the author of several art crime novels as well as witty illustrated iBooks.

She is a highly respected international art law expert who divides her time between the United States and Le Marche in Italy.

Sometimes she says her most amusing book was her first, The King of UNINI, a sophisticated little romance set in Paris.

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