Gillian Dwyer, a beautiful young art

historian, plots to save her failing

gallery in this dazzling romp set

against the backdrop of New York s

glamorous art world.

Gillian s gallery on Madison Avenue

is in trouble because she refuses to

stock the trendy chrome and latex

monstrosities that pass for modern art

and pull in the collectors" dollars. As

her discriminating taste edges her

closer and closer to bankruptcy, she

begins to dab~: le in forgery on a small

scale--water colors, sketches and the

like. Then she meets Andrew Cutler, a

charming, ambitious swindler, and her

scruples yield to his charm. The pair

create a major sensation when they

announce the recovery of a " ]ost

masterpiece" by the early twentieth-

century French artist Pierre Biscay.

The painting is, of course, a Gillian

Dwyer original, and during its prepa-

ration the reader~is inducted into the

fascinating mysteries of art forgery.