The Purloined Paintings

Authors’ Note

Authors’ Note

THE PURLOINED PAINTINGS begins about a week after the end of The Silent Shooter and contains spoilers for the earlier book.

This book takes place in a time and place very much like our own. In the book’s world, however, COVID-19 doesn’t exist; hence our characters wear no masks, shake hands, hug with abandon, and gather in groups of more than 10 people.

All the places and characters in this book are the product of the authors’ imagination and research. Any resemblance to actual places or persons is entirely coincidental.

This book is humbly and respectfully dedicated to the handful of men and women of law enforcement who have had to make the dreadful sacrifice of taking a human life in order to protect the lives of others. Most of us will never know the life changing toll it takes on them and their families, to whom we are eternally grateful.