DIRTY PICTURES

The largest art heist in history. The notorious head of the Irish mob. A city controlled by corrupt law enforcement. And one man driven by redemption of his family’s dishonorable legacy. DIRTY PICTURES is a mystery novel inspired by the infamous art theft from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990, a crime that remains unsolved to date; and the FBI’s Most Wanted Fugitive, Whitey Bulger, who now awaits trial for 19 counts of murder.

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In 1941 Los Angeles, against his better judgment, private investigator Chester Brown takes on a case involving the theft of a legendary cursed blue diamond and encounters a series of murders associated with its recovery.  He works through leads that include notorious gangsters who want to kill him, night club singers who want to seduce him, and family secrets that will be kept at any cost.  Chester breaks his own rule of maintaining neutrality when he falls for his sensuous client, risking his ability to protect himself and solve the case.

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