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5.0 out of 5 stars
Insurance investigator investigates wife's disappearance, April 23 1998
By A Customer
Robert Duran seems to have the world in the palm of his hand. Until his life gets turned upside down. An insurance investigator who specializes in recovering works of art, Duran has recovered paintings ranging from the Old Masters to the best of the current artists. Duran is very good at what he does, and he enjoys his work. He is brought in to investigate, and recover, a stolen Van Gogh; valued at more than $25 million, this painting was stolen - in broad daylight - from a Hollywood producer's mansion. Among Duran's enemies, many of which were made over the course of a successful career, is a convict, recently released from a particularly miserable, high security prison. This nut case, Otto Kline, was put in isolation for 18 months, following his learning of his wife's death. She committed suicide - in a woman's prison. He swears revenge on Duran and Duran's wife, Anona Stack, herself an artist - both of whom Kline blames for his own wife's death. This story takes a number of twists and turns, as Duran's wife is kidnapped, her former husband is poisoned, and her son is found dead. While Duran is considered the prime suspect in all of this, he realizes that no one else is going to help him find his wife, and that time is running out. The anniversary of Otto's wife's suicide is only two days away, and Duran must work fast to find his wife - alive. This is a fast-paced read; set aside a couple of hours, as you won't want to put The Suspect down.
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