Designed to Deceive

A horrific murder in a prosperous, Gulfside community forces a retired art rep into a business where billions of dollars change hands in a hidden marketplace for stolen treasures, fakes, and forgeries. For Ed Lear and his two sidekick Siamese sleuths there is evil in abundance - evil people, evil organizations, evil regimes.This is a different sort of mystery. No dirty dialogue. No pulse-pounding porn spelled out in four letter words. If you are saying to yourself, "OH - - - - this...
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A horrific murder in a prosperous, Gulfside community forces a retired art rep into a business where billions of dollars change hands in a hidden marketplace for stolen treasures, fakes, and forgeries. For Ed Lear and his two sidekick Siamese sleuths there is evil in abundance - evil people, evil organizations, evil regimes.This is a different sort of mystery. No dirty dialogue. No pulse-pounding porn spelled out in four letter words. If you are saying to yourself, "OH - - - - this isn't my kind of book! - nothing here to get me to turn a page for the next string of polysyllable profanity, graphic groping or disgusting description," I'd encourage you to read on and let your imagination paint pictures that make raunchy written recitation pale by comparison.If your favorite pet is a pit bull trained by the 'what's his name' football star, just try to ignore the cats. Given most pussies' ability to sense who likes them and who doesn't, I'm pretty sure Zen and Zoe would ignore you, too. Concentrate on deciphering the threatening, limerick word puzzles and the twists and turns in a mystery that will unravel like a ball of yarn batted around by a couple of smart felines. Pit your intuition against the instincts of a pair of discerning feline art experts, and you will collect the reward for recovering art masterpieces worth millions.