Synopsis After 10 years at New York City's premiere auction house, Ioan Lennox knows private sales are the path to fame and fortune. As the exclusive domain of Sarsfields' Chief Investments and Acquisitions Officer however, his way looks permanently blocked. That is until a lucky break, to his best friend's leg, leaves Sarsfields' private sale doyen, the lady herself, short a man. "You can't trust her." the plucky Welshman's repeatedly warned. But meeting unknown persons at the strictly private sale of potentially mind-blowing rarities? Coupled with a week abroad at an undisclosed -- and perhaps sun-soaked -- destination? He'd be mad to refuse. It's the chance of lifetime and one that might catapult him into the chair of the CIAO . . . if he can bring the sale to a satisfactory conclusion. Unfortunately, his femme fatale client seems bent on breaking him rather than breaking him in. And, with a 300-year-old African wine, an eccentric English alchemist, a collection of stolen art worth $400 million, the IRA, the FBI, and Winston Churchill involved, the stakes have never been higher and he's never been more out of his depth. Who is Joe Cool? What is The Berg? Where is the line between broker and bait? Recovery and revenge? Transaction and trap? Why was he chosen if no one trusts him? And when will his notoriously irascible client decide he's just dead weight? With the closet of Sir Kenelm Digby, esq., opened and the window of opportunity closing fast, the answer, perhaps, is she already has. About the Author Acascias "Sphinx" Riphouse is the author of the widely enjoyed "An Unauthorized Harry Potter Companion." Recipient of a B.A. in History, the author currently resides in the worst climate on earth. While aimlessly tramping Africa one winter, Sphinx created six fireside tales centered around one highly unusual family and a still unsolved 1990 museum theft. "The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby, Esq.] Opened," is the first of these never before published, light travel mysteries. Cover Annotation The focal point of this cover, J. Vermeer's "The Concert," was 1 of 13 pieces stolen from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990. Almost 20 years later now, there are no leads and a $5 million reward for information leading to the safe return of all stolen pieces continues to remain unclaimed. Cover Blurb "You can't trust her." Ioan Lennox is warned. But for an ambitious auctioneer at one of New York City's premiere houses, the path to fame and fortune looks shortest through private sales. So when Sarsfields' most elusive client needs a wine expert, for a strictly secret rendezvous on the Dark Continent, he's off to make his mark. Will this one in $400 million chance prove fateful or simply fatal? Discover for yourself in "The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby, Esq.] Opened."