by Jose Carlos Somoza

Murder isn't a science. It's an art. An electrifying new thriller from the author of The Athenian Murders, winner of the Crime Writer's Association Gold Dagger Award.

Welcome to an art scene where realism has reached a new level, where each painting is literally alive, where the model is the canvas. And for the gorgeous men and women lining up for the privilege—to be painted and posed, bought and rented by collectors—there is one artist to whom they are all drawn: the Dutch master, Bruno van Tysch. Then, a young female model is brutally murdered in a most gruesome manner. The detectives assigned to the case, April Wood and Lothar Bosch, may have little interest in modern art, but they're going to have to acquire an appreciation—and quickly. Because van Tysch is about to launch a major exhibition in Amsterdam—the imitation of 13 of Rembrandt's masterpieces—and rumors are that the killer is about to strike again…Jose Carlos Somoza was born in Havana in 1959 and now lives in Madrid. A psychiatrist, he is the author of six novels.