The Metropolitan AffairThe Metropolitan Affair

"With a notorious forger preying on New York's high society, Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Lauren Westlake is just the expert needed to track down the criminal. As she and Detective Joe Caravello search for the truth, the closer they get to discovering the forger's identity, the more entangled they become in a web of deception and crime"--
Dr. Lauren Westlake always promised her father she'd accompany him on one of his Egyptian expeditions. She is now the assistant curator of Egyptology for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and her father has offered to bring her to Egypt as his colleague on a new expedition. With Egyptomania sweeping the city after the discovery of King Tut's tomb, Detective Joe Caravello is on the hunt for a notorious forger preying on New York's high society. Dr. Westlake is just the expert he needs to help him track the criminal. The closer they get to discovering the forger's identity, the more entangled they become in a web of deception and crime. -- adapted from back cover