Estelle Ryan
Forged masterpieces. Hidden messages. A desperate swan song.
When world-renowned nonverbal communication expert Doctor Genevieve Lenard wakes up in an unknown location, drugged and kidnapped, it pushes the limits of her autism coping skills.
For the last year, Russian philanthropist and psychopath Tomasz Kubanov has been studying Genevieve just as she and her team have been studying him. Now forged paintings and mysterious
...Murdered criminals. Flawless forgeries. Encrypted operas.
The murder of an opera house director forces world-renowned nonverbal communications expert Doctor Genevieve Lenard and her team into an impossible position: protecting notorious criminals—from what appears to be a serial killer.
Genevieve plunges into the world of opera, uncovering secrets that a group of organised crime leaders would do anything to keep
...Mediaeval books. Murdered priests. Bioweapons.
Renowned nonverbal communications expert Doctor Genevieve Lenard's search for an international criminal is interrupted when her team receives an antique book. At first the book is dismissed—until they discover similar books gifted to people who are now dead.
Genevieve's inner strength is put to the ultimate test when someone close to her also falls victim to the vengeful
...Nazi-looted art. Cyber-stalking. Betrayal.
Nonverbal communication expert Doctor Genevieve Lenard is on holiday in Hungary when she and her team are asked to assist in a missing person case. Her autistic mind is already having difficulties dealing with the new environment, and having to co-operate with local authorities might push her past her limits. Even more so when the missing person turns out to be an important, and
...Looted artworks. Italian Mafia. Deepfakes.
The weekend in Italy is supposed to be a family event—a celebration as well as a break for the whole team to enjoy everything Naples has to offer. As it is, Doctor Genevieve Lenard is hard-pushed to keep an autistic shutdown at bay while surrounded by boisterous relatives and friends. When armed police interrupt the festivities to arrest a cousin for murder, relaxation
...Art theft. Coded messages. A high-level threat.
Despite her initial disbelief, Doctor Genevieve Lenard discovers that she is the key that connects stolen works of art, ciphers and sinister threats.
Betrayed by the people who called themselves her friends, Genevieve throws herself into her insurance investigation job with autistic single-mindedness. When hacker Francine appears beaten and bloodied on her doorstep, begging
...Forged masterpieces. Kidnapped students. The dark net.
Nonverbal communications expert Doctor Genevieve Lenard's search for an international assassin is rudely interrupted by an autistic teenager who claims that forged masterpieces are being sold on the dark net—a secret internet few know exists. The resulting probe uncovers an underground marketplace offering much more sinister products and services. Including murder.
An
...Sadistic smugglers. Hacked cars. The ultimate revenge.
Nonverbal communications expert Doctor Genevieve Lenard and her team have spent the last year tracking Marcus Gallo, a disgraced Brazilian business tycoon and ruthless killer. Then a hacked car transporting artwork brings a teammate's past back to distract and haunt them all.
When Gallo appears on Genevieve's doorstep, carrying knowledge of a threat to a top-secret and
Stolen art. Rogue police officers. Drones.
A video call from her dad leads top white-hat hacker Francine to four stolen masterpieces. And to a possible murder—in Brazil. Her frustration at being so far away is turned into anger when her loved ones are attacked and corrupt law enforcement officials stonewall their inquiries.
Blackmail, a kidnapping and a blatant heist in their backyard in Strasbourg reveal a plan
...Coded paintings. Missing planes. Dirty bombs.
After a foiled attempt on the lives of world leaders, criminal mastermind Ivan Fradkov successfully eludes world-renowned nonverbal expert Doctor Genevieve Lenard and her team for months. But things heat up quickly when a stranger is assassinated in the chair next to Genevieve while she's having lunch with her friend.
Barely controlling her autistic mind's need to shut down
...A murdered politician. An unsolved art heist. An international conspiracy.
A cryptic online message leads nonverbal communications expert Doctor Genevieve Lenard to the body of a brutally murdered politician. Despite being ordered not to investigate, Genevieve and her team look into this vicious crime. More online messages follow, leading them down a path lined with corruption, a sadistic assassin, an oil scandal and one
...Stolen masterpieces. Deadly narcotics. Artificial intelligence.
A mysterious email and the arrest of a fugitive art thief send Doctor Genevieve Lenard and her team to Prague, where it soon becomes apparent that this theft has a close connection to a sadistic killer they've been tracking for almost a year.
No sooner do they arrive than they find a scientist tortured and murdered by Shahab Hatami—the man they've
...Brutal murders. An ancient treasure. A rogue state.
A young acquaintance of nonverbal communications expert Doctor Genevieve Lenard begs her to look into the disappearance of his friend. When the friend's tortured body is found in a forest outside Strasbourg, the case leads Genevieve and her team to the body of a second victim with many unusual secrets—a forged masterpiece the least surprising of them all; an ancient
...Copied masterpieces. Mediaeval obsession. Ruthless revenge.
After months of reaching frustrating dead end after dead end, Doctor Genevieve Lenard and her team finally have a location for the enigmatic criminal who controls the Camorra through fear.
Mondi is a vicious criminal who has taken over the Mafia drug trade in Italy, yet he's traced to an unexpected location in Central Europe.
The
Destroyed masterpieces. Budding artists. AI.
In a world where art can be both priceless and perilous, Doctor Genevieve Lenard and her unorthodox team are thrust into a high-stakes investigation when three valuable paintings spontaneously ignite at one of the world's most esteemed museums.
As the flames flicker out, a chilling wave of threats cascades across other cultural institutions, hinting at a cunning arsonist
...16) Samaritan
sa
noun /səˈmærɪt(ə)n/
A compassionate person generous in helping those in distress
British investigative journalist Gabriella Reuben—Bree to everyone but her mother—has worked hard to build a new life in Düsseldorf and put the past behind her. That is until she opens her front door to find the corrupt woman who publicly outed Bree as transgender—the
...Masterful art crime. An unorthodox team. Unimaginable results.
More than 1,100 pages of international art crime mysteries. Included in the box set are: The Gauguin Connection, The Dante Connection, The Braque Connection.
#1 THE GAUGUIN CONNECTION
Murdered artists. Masterful forgeries. Art crime at its worst.
As an insurance investigator and world renowned
Forged masterpieces. A failed assassination. The metaverse.
In the heart of the Austrian Alps, Doctor Genevieve Lenard and her team are drawn into a web of danger and deception when a former colleague urgently requests their expertise. Tasked with locating an elusive assassin who narrowly failed to eliminate a powerful tech mogul, Genevieve quickly realises that this case is anything but straightforward.
As they delve into
A decades-old crime. A torment not forgiven. Ice-cold revenge.
When a prolific international criminal takes one of Doctor Genevieve Lenard's friends hostage in his own flat, she is hard pushed to believe his motivation. Calling on her expertise as a nonverbal communications specialist, she sees the genuine fear and desperation behind this thief's blustering demand to help him stop the Collector.
For
...20) Sentinel
sen
noun /sen-tə-nə/
A person guarding or watching over other or things
Her experience as a successful investigative journalist has taught Bree Reuben never to accept things or people at face value. David Svensson is definitely not someone to be blindly believed when he keeps insisting that he's a mere negotiator. Yet Bree's gut is telling her she can trust him.
After nearly being killed, Bree