Pictures

the long version

"When explosive photographs of a duchess's husband cavorting with another woman are spread across every scandal magazine in Europe, a dynasty is embarrassed and a country's image is at the stake. Who is the woman? Who is the photographer? And who paid to make sure the pictures would be taken and then published for all to see?" "A New York security firm known for its discretion is hired to find out, and ex-NYPD captain Vincent Conte is assigned to the job." "Conte's investigation takes him to Milan, Amsterdam, the French Riviera, Rome, and the Alps. The woman, though beautiful, is hard to find and, once found, hard to control. The paparazzo, one of the highest paid in the world, is equally elusive. Conte's clients, he soon learns, want answers that don't necessarily conform to what happened. Give them what they want, his boss orders. Conte is torn between serving the truth and keeping a job he needs. Then people start dying, and Conte realizes he's next."--Jacket.