ARTIST, LOVER, FORGER, THIEF
by Sheila Sharpe
March 30 - April 24, 2026 Virtual Book Tour
Synopsis:
Artist, Lover, Forger, Thief is a riveting, wildly entertaining, complex, and adrenaline-fueled art crime novel that is as intriguing as it is satisfying. Nick McCoy wants out of the art forgery business but not until he exacts revenge on the man who murdered his family years ago. Kate O'Dade, McCoy's former therapist, comes to him for help after mysteriously receiving a painting of Matisse's Open Window from an unknown benefactor. This seemingly innocent meeting to determine its authenticity sets off a chain of events that will take McCoy, O'Dade, Cromwell and his new team of investigators from San Diego to England, and from art forgery to murder.
Rarely do you find such complex characters, intricate plot, compelling subject, and cunning psychological jousting woven throughout such a memorable story like Sharpe does in Artist, Lover, Forger, Thief.
Praise for Artist, Lover, Forger, Thief:
"Sharpe dives headlong into the murky waters of identity, obsession, and deception in her smart, psychologically charged thriller [Artist, Lover, Forger, Thief]. It explores the blurry line between art and artifice, healing and manipulation, love and control. [T]his is a genre-bending literary thriller that lingers long after the final page."
~ Prairies Book Review
"Artist, Lover, Forger, Thief...is a gripping tale set amidst the opulent yet treacherous world of high-end art crime in San Diego...[It explores] the moral dilemmas of art forgery, theft, and deception, with each character caught between their desires and the consequences of their actions. This stellar examination of art, deception, and forgery kept me riveted."
~ Reader's Favorite 5-Star Review
Book Details:
Genre: Mystery, Literary Fiction, Crime Fiction
Published by: Redwood Publishing, LLC
Publication Date: March 26, 2025
Number of Pages: 332
ISBN: 9781966333142 (ISBN10: 1966333145)
Series: A Kate O'Dade Art Crime Novel, Book 1
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Author Bio:
Sheila Sharpe has been a therapist for more than forty years, specializing in treating trauma, couples, and artists. Being a detective of sorts to determine patients’ issues and their solutions like she does in The Ways We Love, along with her past history as an artist and fascination with art forgery, led to the creation of her new fiction book series, the Kate O’Dade Art Crime novels.
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Review:
Clever and complex tale of revenge and illusion in the art world.
Artist, Lover, Forger, Thief is the first book in author Sheila Sharpe’s Kate O’Dade Art Crime series, in which an elusive conman and painting forger puts in motion a devious plan for revenge against the murderer who killed his family. With its clever, complex plot and morally gray main characters, I was quickly drawn into this intricate tale set in the world of art collectors and famous paintings.
Kate O’Dade is a therapist with many clients from the local artistic community, and she is a painter herself. But after her husband dies, leaving her in debt, she recalls how one of her clients had made a fortune selling copies and forgeries of the works of well-known artists. She starts to consider that maybe financial relief might reside in her own two talented hands. But when a valuable painting is left on her doorstep, she’s drawn back into contact with her former patient, who is now a legitimate preservation and restoration specialist and the director of a wealthy art collector’s private museum, or so it seems.
Nick McCoy is a talented painter in his own right, but the FBI and Scotland Yard are on his trail for forgery and theft. He’s guilty, of course, but a lack of evidence has kept him operating in the open in trusted positions at museums in both England and the U.S. When he comes face to face with his former therapist, he discovers he is still as attracted to her as he was when he was undergoing treatment. While Kate helped him resolve to leave forgery behind, his plans for revenge against the man who is now his employer are about to come to fruition.
Such a clever tale, beginning with some messy love triangles and a conman you can never really trust. All the main characters are flawed individuals, morally gray, and desperate in their own ways. Adding to the suspense is the arrival of a top-notch international team of art investigators, led by a detective chief inspector from London who has been chasing Nick for more than a decade. The evil bad guys, Dixon Steele and his depraved son, Simon, are truly awful people, and both are such loose cannons that I never knew what they were going to do next. I was committed to the story, hoping Nick would pull off whatever he had in store for these two. The story’s ending nicely sets up future books in the series.
I recommend ARTIST, LOVER, FORGER, THIEF to readers of crime
fiction, especially those interested in the art world and long cons.
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Nice review! Thanks for sharing. I think this one sounds interesting!
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