Masterpiece: Every Risk Has a Price: 1 (Mikky dos Santos)

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.

You will be instantly hooked!

★★★★★ “Highly Recommend this book & this series. Relatable characters that are also complex & very human. There are enough plot twists to keep you turning the pages without stopping. The author has a great talent for describing the locales & setting the scenes ....it's as if you are right there with the characters.”

★★★★★ “The intro of the new characters is well done and keeps you guessing. The series is unique and reminds me of the same twists and turns as another author’s series The girl with the dragon tattoo.”

★★★★★ “I loved the intrigue and histories that surrounded each character and the twists and turns and journeys that the book took you on.”

★★★★★ “A very apt title! This book offers so much - mystery, thrills, culture and entertainment. A real page-turner! Despite her flaws, you find yourself rooting for the heroine from the beginning.”

Fans of female sleuths. From Sue Grafton’s Kinsey Millhone right up to THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO – you will fall for Mikky. And those who can't get enough of Donna Leon novels and for fans of Dan Brown, you will be instantly hooked. You won’t be able to put down the compulsively addictive Mikky dos Santos series.

Janet Pywell, writes gripping international mystery and crime thriller novels that will keep you quickly turning the pages.In Janet's international crime thriller series - art forger, artist and photographer Mikky dos Santos is a uniquely lovable female: a tough, tattooed, yet vulnerable heroine who will steal your heart. Each book is a stand-alone exciting action-adventure novel, set in different countries/ locations.In the Ronda George thriller series, Janet's heroine is a kick-boxing Masterchef who goes undercover in the UK to tackle hidden family secrets and stolen jewellery, a social media scam for crypto currency and, wine fraud in a remote Welsh Monastery.More recently (after the Covid pandemic) Janet published the first book in the Westbay Romance Series, Someone Else's Dream. These stories will leave you tingling with emotion.Janet has a background in travel and tourism and she writes using her knowledge of foreign places gained from living abroad and travelling extensively. She currently lives on the Kent coast.