The Frizon

Another fast moving fiction from Shirley Burton, The Frizon is set in Europe, entangling the protagonists into a world of international art forgeries and crime rings. The suspense thriller builds on the strength of the young attractive couple established in Book One (Under The Ashes). Thomas and Rachel, have relocated from New York to Paris in a witness protection program following te earlier crime drama in Albany, New York. Now settled with new identities and a peaceful life in the artist district of Montmartre, they unwittingly become exposed to an extensive international art forgery operation. Without her knowledge, Rachel purchases a valuable object that draws attention and becomes of great demand to unscrupulous dealers, creating suspense and risk as they take action to protect their investment and their lives. A figure from the past also arrives in Paris, and the adventure begins with his mysterious appearance at Montmartre. Their high stakes exploits take them from Paris to London, with more drama unfolding in the charming cities of Paris and Lyon, France. Conspiracies and scams are drawn into the open, exposing art forgeries infiltrating European galleries, auction houses, collectors and corrupt artists. Joseph and Emily discover they've been betrayed by a confidant who has hidden his motives behind double-crosses and disguises. The Frizon's secret becomes unveiled to the world, a one-of-a-kind treasure, concealing an eighty year old mystery.
About the Author: Shirley Burton, a Canadian author from Barrie, Ontario, lives with her husband in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, enjoying a view of the inspiring Rockies to the west. From a young age Shirley had a passion to write, and in recent years researched and produced an intensive a ten-generation historical fiction, Homage: Chronicles of a Habitant, following the fictional migration of a family from 1500s France to 1900s in Quebec, with parallels to historical events and cultural clashes with French, British, American and First Nation Canadians. . Shirley's first thriller series is the four book Thomas York Series: Under the Ashes, The Frizon, Rogue Courier, and Secret Cache, with strong characters continuing throughout, but with drama and adventure in diverse locations of Albany, Paris, Amsterdam, London, Rio and the Napa Valley. Red Jackal introduces a new protagonist in a thriller in Istanbul and on the Mediterranean. A suspense mystery, published in 2016, Sentinel on the Moors, is set in the charming English town of Staithes, on the Yorkshire Moors.