The Dali Deception

Five criminals. Two forgeries. And one masterpiece of a heist.Violet Winters—a professional thief born of a good honest thief-and-con-artist stock— has been offered the heist of a lifetime. Steal a priceless Salvador Dali from the security-obsessed chairman of the Kilchester Bank and replace it with a forgery.The fact that the “painting” is a signed blank canvas doesn’t matter. It’s the challenge that gives Violet that familiar addicting rush of adrenaline. Her quarry rests in a converted underground Cold War bunker. One way in one way out. No margin for error.But the reason Violet fled Kilchester is waiting right where she left him—an ex-lover with a murderous method for dumping a girlfriend. If her heist is to be a success there will have to be a reckoning or everything could go spinning out of control.Her team of talented misfits assembled Violet sets out to re-stake her claim on her reputation exorcise some demons and claim the prize. That is if her masterpiece of a plan isn’t derailed by a pissed-off crime boss—or betrayal from within her own ranks.Adam Maxwell is the indie writing scenes sharpest wit and the Dali Deception is his slickest funniest - and surrealist - caper yet.Damien Walter Columnist for The Guardian.