The Cape Cod Blue - by David Osborn (Paperback)

About the Book

Book Synopsis

Chase Morse and his brother, Haydn, heirs to an auction-house empire, split their time between Manhattan and The Moorings, the idyllic family estate on Nantucket, but when a body turns up at The Moorings and a priceless painting goes missing from inside the tight-security vault at the auction house, family secrets get harder to keep. As Gabrielle, a French journalist sent to write features on the glittering New York art world, becomes entangled with the family, the police start digging, and the stakes are high--eighty million dollars, pilfered and then lost in risky Russian investments. Can an entitled one-percenter with expansive resources, and enlisting the help of a wily art forger, outsmart the art cops and the old guard within the company?

The glittering, exalted world of art auctioning hides love, hate, and murder in a wealthy and socially prominent family when the forgery of an anonymous Cape Cod painting threatens to destroy them all.

Review Quotes

Praise for David Osborn's Murder on Martha's Vineyard:

"Before settling down to read this book, take the phone off the hook, make sure all the doors and windows are locked, set a large medicinal brandy within easy reach, and prepare to let David Osborn scare your pants off. Highly recommended." --The Bloodhound

"Delightful mystery is a zinger. Every one of its 258 pages says 'turn me.'" --Chattanooga New Free Press

Praise for David Osborn's Open Season:

"A truly brilliant novel ... an accomplished writer in all media, but ultimately a pro ... a superbly organized book, brutal, chilling, but carrying a terrible conviction." --Canberra Times

Praise for David Osborn's The French Decision:

"An exciting, highly plausible Washington thriller ..." --Gore Vidal

"No better example of absorbing, fast-paced intrigue. Compelling to the last punctuation mark." --Clive Cussler

Praise for David Osborn's The Last Pope:

"A thrilling blend of history, religion, and human relationships." --The New York Post

Praise for David Osborn's The Glass Tower:

"Breathless introduction to the inner workings of big business ..." --The Times Literary Supplement

"[An] institution story perfected by Zola and none the worse for it ... deftly, excitingly told." --The Daily Telegraph