A beautiful crime : a novel

In this stylish and sophisticated thriller, antiques appraiser/swindler Nick Brink and his hustler boyfriend Clay Guillory flee New York City for a new hunting ground: the grand palazzos of Venice.The criminal couple is determined to pull off the get-rich-quick con of a lifetime: selling a huge collection of bogus antiques to a wealthy American expatriate. But Nick and Clay are risking far more than they think, and in Venice death is only a gondola cruise away.