The Theft of the Virgin

When Paul Zacher finds a genuine old master’s painting hanging in an exhibit of great fakes, it can only mean one thing: the fake must be hanging in place of the real one he’s seeing. Is this a new way of transporting stolen masterworks? And who was skilled enough to paint that copy?This ninth San Miguel mystery puts Paul on the trail of a world-class forger. When that trail crosses the route of the Virgin of Guadalupe as it tours México, the ante is boosted to murderous levels.As if often the case in Mexico, the question becomes, what is he really looking at?