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	C.E. Japhe C.E. Japhe is an horror/mystery writer and avid reader, currently living in the panhandle of West Virginia. In addition to formerly serving as an editorial reviewer for FMAM, she is a member of the Horror Writers Association (HWA).

SHOOTING GALLERY
Hailey Lind
Signet, $6.99, 352 pp.,
ISBN: 0-451-21973-2

Art forger cum art restorer Annie Kincaid knows the art underworld inside and out. After all, her grandfather, renowned art forger Georges LeFleur, taught her everything he knows, and he taught her well. These days, though, she is eking out a living doing art restorations and faux painting.

While visiting the exhibit of macabre artist Seamus McGraw, she discovers one of the “exhibits” is the artist’s dead body hanging from a tree. In the commotion, a minor Chagall is stolen from a noted museum, and her friend Bryan is suspected. In addition, an art collector she meets at the exhibit hires her to retrieve a sculpture that was sent to the sculptor, Robert Pascal, for repairs and never returned.

So begins this fast-paced, thoroughly enjoyable novel. From Annie’s novel approach to “persuade” Pascal to meet with her, to her relationship with a sexy art thief who she suspects took the Chagall, to her mother’s unexpected (not to mention odd) visit, Annie’s adventures are non-stop. With the help of her quirky group of friends, she manages to get in, and out of, some tight spots, and lives to tell about it.

A highly recommended read--I intend to pick up Annie Kincaid’s first adventure, FEINT OF ART, and I will be looking forward to Lind’s next book.

C.E. Japhe

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