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Photographer and artist turns art thief. But an investigative journalist is intent on uncovering her secret past. Is the Masterpiece worth her life?Photographer, artist and art forger Mikky dos Santos has had a tough life and now she's about to steal the world's most famous stolen painting - Vermeer's The Concert - worth $200 million.When Mikky's flatmate is commissioned to paint one of the world's most famous divas her life begins to spiral into chaos. An evil investigative journalist and a dangerous businessman are on the hunt to uncover Mikky's darkest secrets and threaten her detailed plans.The race is on.This breathtaking protagonist is exhilarating and has attitude, yet underlying it all, a longing for human connection that makes you love her despite her own best efforts to push you away.There are rich glimpses into European cities, a savvy feel for the international art world and an electrifying female sleuth who blasts into your life with explosive excitement. This thrilling page-turner will shock you with the stunning twist at the end.Set in London (England), Mallorca (Spain) and Dresden (Germany) - this international crime thriller will leave you on the edge of your seat until the twist at the very end.

"I rarely give a book 5 Stars but Golden Icon deserves the highest. A clever and totally original story that kept me reading far into the evening when I had other things to do. Easy reading so if you start get ready to be pulled in to an intimate story you will find hard to put down.""This is a rich, literate, complex examination of who owns art and how it is valued. It is also a thriller, with several villains and unexpected dangers.""This is a fabulous book especially for those who love a long book to read. The storyline is so totally different to what I normally read but it had me up at all hours reading further & further to find out the ending.""So many books are enjoyed for the moment and then forgotten. This book creates a hold on memory.""The rating for a book, for me, has a large element of 'was it readable, was it believable, was it entertaining?' This is certainly in that bracket. An easy 5-stars."Josephine Lavelle, a once-famous opera singer who became an international outcast, has one last opportunity to resurrect her career. She was born to sing Puccini's Tosca and is determined to earn the right to perform again on the world's most prestigious and celebrated stages. But her fight for the future she craves is derailed when her ex-husband embroils her in a cynical blackmail plot. She is forced to take possession of a solid gold icon, part of a secret hoard of art treasures stolen by the Nazis - that dangerous men are prepared to kill for. As well as determining the fate of the Golden Icon, Josephine must come to terms with her past, and fight for her own life. If only her choices were simple...