What Meets the Eye
A Mystery
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- $17.99
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- $17.99
Publisher Description
From debut author Alex Kenna comes a pulse-pounding tapestry of secrets, retribution, and greed for fans of Jeffrey Archer.
Kate Myles was a promising Los Angeles police detective, until an accident and opioid addiction blew up her family and destroyed her career. Struggling to rebuild her life, Kate decides to try her hand at private detective work—but she gets much more than she bargained for when she takes on the case of a celebrated painter found dead in a downtown loft.
When Margot Starling’s body was found, the cause of death was assumed to be suicide. Despite her beauty, talent, and fame, she struggled with a host of demons. But as Kate digs deeper, she learns that Margot had a growing list of powerful enemies—among them a shady art dealer who had been selling forged works by Margot. Kate soon uncovers a dirty trail that leads straight into the heart of the city's deadly underworld.
Margot died for her art—and if Kate doesn't tread lightly, she could be the next to get brushed out.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Private investigator Kate Myles, the protagonist of Kenna's impressive debut, is still dealing with the mental and physical consequences of an injury she suffered in the line of duty two years earlier when she was an LAPD police detective. Her car was part of a freeway barricade constructed to thwart a robber, whose own speeding vehicle drove Myles's into a wall. The collision damaged her back, and led to a painkiller addiction; her then five-year-old daughter, Amelia, nearly died after she passed out and crashed while she was driving while impaired by the medications. Myles's husband divorced her and gained custody of Amelia, and she now struggles to support herself as a PI. She lands an unexpectedly complex case when she's retained by Milt Starling, whose artist daughter Margot's death was deemed a suicide. Starling is adamant that foul play was involved, and Myles finds reasons to share his view after learning an unscrupulous art dealer sold some forgeries of Margot's paintings. Through judicious use of flashbacks, Kenna fleshes out the backstories of both Myles and Margot. The thoughtful plot resolves itself satisfactorily. Sara Paretsky fans will be pleased.
