Jake Rook. the Degas Trap

A murdered champion. A vanished masterpiece. And the world's best thief, who takes on the case. Jake Rook is the most wanted art thief on the planet: charming, elusive, and always a step ahead. But his new challenge is not a robbery, but a real investigation.On the night of a triumphal victory, a champion boxer is murdered. Following him, his manager dies, and a rare painting by Degas, just sold at auction, vanishes without a trace. While the police are spinning their wheels, Jake sees the invisible threads connecting these three crimes. To find the canvas, Jake will have to try on the unfamiliar role of a detective. Creating his own ingenious labyrinth of tricks and clues, he turns the investigation into an elegant game of wits. He has to untangle a web of unexpected secrets and once again beautifully outfox his main rival-the tireless Inspector Grant.