The Audubon Quartet

Description for THE AUDUBON QUARTET by Ray Sipherd:

BIRDS OF PREY

Artist and bird lover Jonathan Wilder is eager to view four newly discovered works of legendary painter John James Audubon, purchased by friend and art philanthropist Brian Ravener. But at the first showing, notorious art critic Abel Lasher declares the Audubon Quartet to be fakes.

Hours later, Lasher is found murdered and Ravener is arrested. Anxious to help his friend, Wilder dives into the world of high art, where powerful collectors play for high stakes -- and perhaps deadly games. The bizarre deaths of an influential art dealer and then an artist's model set the stage for a confrontation with a killer that may just end Wilder's career -- permanently.

This is #2 in A Jonathan Wilder Mystery