Thief of Light

Ramus, David

ISBN 10: 0060993332 / ISBN 13: 9780060993337

Published by Harpercollins Publisher, 1995

About this Item

Harpercollins Publisher 0001-01-01 00:00:00 Binding: Trade Paperback ISBN:0-06-09933. Near Fine. in Wraps dj. in mylar protective wraps. F Advanced Uncorrected Proof. Binding is S Soft Cover. 8 vo.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Thief of Light
• Publisher: Harpercollins Publisher
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060993332
• ISBN 13: 9780060993337
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

Corrupt Manhattan art dealer Adrian Sellars makes a fortune selling forgeries, and spends much of it feeding his heroin addiction. But when one of his artists is viciously murdered and a fake Monet deal goes terribly wrong, Adrian hits the streets in a frantic race to save his life. HarperCollins.

From the Publisher

Adrian Sellars is a corrupt Manhattan art dealer who makes his living selling forgeries to a wealthy Japanese businessmen. That is, until the gifted artist he employs is viciously murdered in his SoHo studio and the just-finished painting Adrian commissioned, a Monet water lilies fake, is destroyed. When Adrian's Japanese clients insist on getting another painting, and punctuate their resolve by murdering his business partner, Adrian takes to the Manhattan streets in a frantic race to save his life.

With the help of Devon Berenson, his compassionate and intelligent colleague, Adrian wages a battle against a personal demon -- his addiction to heroin -- and combs the underside of the art world to find a way out. Amid the terrors of withdrawal Adrian and Devon find themselves falling in love, but the cold hand of the Japanese mob turns up around every corner.

From a multimillion-dollar brownstone on the Upper East Side to a auction of priceless objects on the floor of Christie's to a menacing midtown back alley, Thief of Light combines a complex and thrilling plot with one of the fastest and most heart-pounding conclusions in recent fiction.