A Willful Corpse

An Art of Murder Mystery

by Helen A. Harrison

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Pub Date 8 Apr 2025 | Archive Date 26 Dec 2025

Level Best Books | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles

Arts & Photography | Historical Fiction | Mystery & Thrillers

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Description

In the high-stakes game of authenticating artwork by Jackson Pollock, the leading expert, a feisty character known for his hair-trigger temper, believes a bunch of fakes are being submitted. He thinks he knows who's behind the scheme, and hires a private eye to investigate. But before he can name the suspect, he falls to his death in front of a subway train. Was it an accident, or murder, with the forger as suspect number one? Or do the victim's multiple wills point in a different, more sinister, direction?

In the high-stakes game of authenticating artwork by Jackson Pollock, the leading expert, a feisty character known for his hair-trigger temper, believes a bunch of fakes are being submitted. He...

A Note From the Publisher

Kindle, ASIN: ‎B0F3CCVXYT

Advance Praise

The mix of fact and fiction in this art-world thriller by insider Helen Harrison is as fun, fast, and complicated as trying to decipher the missing Jackson Pollock paintings at its core and figuring out which are real and which are fake.

--Jonathan Santlofer, bestselling author of The Lost Van Gogh and The Last Mona Lisa

Helen Harrison knows her way around—upstairs and down—what is generally called the art world. Her forensic examination of the convergence of big money, big egos, and high achievements is based on insider knowledge few could rival.

--Rob Storr, former Dean, Yale School of Art

Available Editions

EDITION	Paperback
ISBN	9781685129354
PRICE	US$16.95 (USD)
PAGES	300

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