The Last Smile

Pete Sawyer is a private eye of a different kind. The son of a World War II American pilot and a brave French resistance fighter, he grew up on both sides of the Atlantic – though he prefers his sun-dappled villa on the Riviera to most other places. He takes pleasure in a fine wine…and a good gun. His French name is Pierre-Ange, and it suits him. In English, it means Stone Angel.<P>On a midnight in December, Fritz Donhoff – Pete&apos;s partner and surrogate father – is shot down in Paris. Fritz has left a case behind that Pete can&apos;t turn his back on. Susan Kape, the beautiful young oil heiress, hungers for a foothold in the international art world – and an Etruscan tomb filled with priceless relics may help her get it. All she needs is an easy eighteen million dollars and Pete&apos;s protection while she has the discovery authenticated in Italy. Pete Sawyer must call on all his creative powers as a sleuth and survivor to solve this inspired mystery – while a gallery of murder victims collects artlessly around him…