Product Description
by Djv Murphy (Author)
Priceless art holds dark secrets that have remained buried for decades...until now. In this gripping page-turner, the glitzy contemporary art world collides with the grim realities of World War II. When a mysterious map surfaces, it triggers a high-stakes international adventure that flashes between the present and the terrible past.
Follow the trail as it weaves through the glamour of modern gallery openings and shadowy underground dealings, while sending you hurtling back to the darkest years of Hitler's regime and his profane plundering of some of the world's most precious artistic treasures. This intricate mystery will have you turning pages to unravel the truth behind Hitler's sinister hoarding of stolen art and the legendary vanished Amber Room.
With more twists than a kinetic metal sculpture, this thriller is a tense, suspenseful search for justice...and priceless beauty rescued from the clutches of evil. Prepare to question where the line between patron and plunderer blurs in the high-stakes art world.
Author Biography
djv murphy, [a.k.a. Dennis J. Murphy] was a long time non profit executive who made a career change, renovated a Central Railroad Freight Station and turned it into the hottest art gallery/restaurant in the area. This new venture resulted in a thriving art gallery beginning in 1998. His gallery featured over 200 artists from around the world in it's ten years in High Bridge, NJ. Now relocated to his farm in central New Jersey, the new art gallery [carpediemartgallery.com] has become an internet based business. The author also has penned three award winning/official selection screenplays in a number of film festivals [the Beverly Hills Film Festival made Amber Room Treasures an official "selection" and the Charleston Film Festival in the top 25%; finalist award in the Mountain Film Festival; and "You Can Call Me Jay" a finalist selection in the Mexico based "Oaxacan Independent Film and Video Festival. Actress Betty White after reading the "Jay" screenplay said she "loved it"!
