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Meet Charles Buchanan. Small time art dealer. Philanderer. Art forger. A man whose success depends on the wall of secrecy that surrounds his work. A wall that is about to come crashing down. On the brink of pulling off the biggest and most profitable hoax of his life, the rediscovery of two Egon Schiele paintings hidden from the Nazis by their previous owner, Buchanan makes a terrible mistake. Unable to resist indulging in a new sexual conquest to celebrate, he embarks on a meaningless few hours of passion that have disastrous consequences when they are witnessed. Within days Buchanan's studio has been broken into, his car vandalized, and what appear to be his greatest assets have become his biggest liabilities. His brilliantly conceived and executed plan, a plan that reaches back more than half a century and involves events in France, Germany and England, begins to come unraveled as two of the women he has treated so cavalierly form an uneasy alliance. Buchanan's story is based on events from real life and has been kept under wraps for almost twenty years to protect the people it depicts. The ideas about "value" in the world it exposes will appeal to anyone who has ever wondered why it is that the importance of a statement seems to depend far more on who says it, than on what is said. Or why it is that a given work of art is worthy of reverence - and therefore incredibly valuable - if it is believed to be painted by a master, but if it is revealed to be a forgery, then its monetary value is destroyed. Where in a painting, print or drawing does the real "value" reside?

"So, why are the barns closed?" "Stuff they don't want you to see." For retired investigative reporter Arabella "Billie" Snow, stuff they don't want you to see tasted better than caviar. But what she saw when she snuck into one of those barns horrified her... Heidi Vanderbilt's suspense writing first appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. She is a recipient of the Robert L Fish award, a special Edgar Allan Poe award from Mystery Writers of America. A lifelong horseman, Heidi has completed the arduous one hundred miles in a day Tevis Cup endurance ride three times. She owns and manages LuckyPup Horse Ranch in Mescal, Arizona.

On a snowy, wintry day, Barron Docksteder’s protégé uncovers a manuscript Docksteder was working on shortly before his untimely death. Clearly at least partly autobiographical, the manuscript tells the story of a world-famous author—whose books have been turned into Hollywood blockbusters—caught in a deadly crossfire between competing Las Vegas and East Coast gambling interests.  Meanwhile, that same world-famous author is ensnared by the irresistible allure of a beautiful, mysterious, and equally deadly woman who is determined to outmaneuver them all.The central character of the story sounds a lot like, well, Docksteder himself before he was murdered.  Could the manuscript be more proof that Barron Docksteder lived a life worth writing about?

It is the late 1990s, and world-famous author Barron Docksteder has been murdered in the small rural town of Tryon, NC. His protégé knows the police are blaming the wrong person, but how can he prove it? Is the answer in one of the celebrated writer’s numerous notebooks? Accompanied by Docksteder’s highly trained guard dog, Doc—a menace to men yet docile to women—the former café owner embarks on an adventure to the heart of Carnival and Mardi Gras in the notorious French Quarter. There, fate and Docksteder’s notes bring him to the home of Desirée, the mysterious and alluring former Queen of Carnival. What is Docksteder’s connection to Desirée? And what does her tragic past have to do with the newly minted writer, his next book, and his quest to solve his famous mentor’s murder?

It’s 1995. When famous author Barron Docksteder moves to the Carolina foothills, the locals don’t know what to make of it. Why did this hotshot writer, whose works have been made into Hollywood films, move to the middle of nowhere? Despite living in North Carolina, Docksteder regularly drives across the border to South Carolina for a late breakfast at a comfortable small-town café. The young café owner, who is a frustrated writer, is befriended by Docksteder, and the two initiate a mentor-mentee relationship that extends well beyond the page. The young man has no idea what he’s getting into. While under the tutelage of Docksteder, the café owner—still a novice to life—encounters some startling things, including a vicious security dog, unexpected violence, and sexually charged confrontations. An electrifying beginning to the series, book 1 of Docksteder Tales is a funny, irreverent story with a fascinating cast of characters—each with his or her own secrets, agendas, and desires. Behind the adventure is a complex mystery filled with questions about Docksteder. What does he see in this young café owner? Is his complicated past about to catch up with him?