What Meets the Eye: A Novel

From debut author Alex Carver comes a pulse-pounding tapestry of secrets, retribution, and greed for fans of Jeffrey Archer.

Kate Myles was a promising Los Angeles police detective, until an accident and opioid addiction blew up her family and destroyed her career. Struggling to rebuild her life, Kate decides to try her hand at private detective workbut she gets much more than she bargained for when she takes on the case of a celebrated painter found dead in a downtown loft.
 
When Margot Starlings gallery assistant found her body, it seemed like a suicide. The renowned artist wasnt the happiest of women. With a troubled past and a closetful of secrets, it looked like she had every reason to off herself. But as Kate digs deeper, she finds that Margot also had a growing list of powerful enemiesamong them a shady art dealer who had been selling forged works by Margot and another artist who met a similar demise. Kate soon uncovers a dirty trail that leads straight into the heart of the citys deadly underworld.
 
Margot died for her artand if Kate doesnt tread lightly, she could be the next to get brushed out.