The Costa Affair

by Lisa Fantino

Overview

Tremors rock the art world when a millionaire patron of the arts vanishes from his Riverdale mansion. The mysterious disappearance of Gianni Costa and millions in art is headline news, triggers an urgent investigation, imperils a multi-million-dollar auction, and threatens to destabilize a huge overseas pipeline of profit.

In "The Costa Affair," Lisa Fantino's long-awaited follow-up to her Det. Maggie Flynn mystery series, Maggie is plunged into a world of unimaginable wealth where priceless art changes hands with the fall of a gavel.

Beneath the veneer of elegance though is a transatlantic criminal underworld where deals are brokered in blood, and art is used to evade taxes and launder drug money. Is Costa connected? Nosy NYPD detectives who get too close are in grave peril.

In "Fractured," her debut mystery, Fantino proved she's a master of suspense. She'll keep you riveted now as Maggie braves dark corners of Costa's mansion for the key to his disappearance.

The author's almost uncanny insight into the minds of the near dead and desperate unlocks the mystery, but fair warning, it will leave you with chills and you will never look at The Mona Lisa the same way again.
Cameron Swayze

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798985548600
Publisher:	Wanderlust Women Travel Ltd.
Publication date:	03/15/2022
Series:	The Detective Flynn Mysteries , #2
Pages:	278
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

Lisa Fantino is an award-winning journalist and attorney whose best-selling travel memoir, “Amalfi Blue - lost & found in the south of Italy,” has been Number One in the U.S., Canada and Australia and Top Ten on three continents.

As a broadcaster she spent a career on the air as a reporter, writer and tape producer at New York’s top news stations, WCBS-AM and WINS-AM, and as an anchor at the NBC Radio Networks. As an attorney she has represented clients in both state and federal courts.

Lisa’s passion for reading and storytelling is in her DNA. While her Dad taught her a great love of reading, her Mom created stories so she wouldn’t have to read. It was the best of both worlds for a budding author.
In “The Costa Affair,” Lisa continues on the case with Detective Maggie Flynn, a no nonsense crimefighter with a New York City street edge seasoned with just enough Italian to make life passionate and exhilarating.

Editorial Reviews

"You don't have to be an art aficionado in order to enjoy this one. Fantino fills in the gaps nicely while keeping the mystery on high boil. I'm looking forward to he next offering in this series with open arms. Bravo Fantino."

NetGalley - Linda O'Donnell Finger