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A trace of deceit : a novel

A trace of deceit : a novel

Book 2019

A young painter digs beneath the veneer of Victorian London's art world to learn the truth behind her brother's murder. Edwin is dead. That's what Inspector Matthew Hallam of Scotland Yard tells Annabel Rowe when she discovers him searching her brother's flat for clues. While the news is shocking, Annabel can't say it's wholly unexpected, given Edwin's past as a dissolute risk-taker and art forger, although he swore he'd reformed. After years spe...