When L.A. newspaper columnist Neil Gulliver and his ex-wife, actress Stevie Marriner, are gifted with a suite of very limited Andy Warhol silkscreen portraits, they have no idea how desperately a mysterious collector wants them, or the steps he"ll take to get them--up to and including murder. The Warhol portraits contain important clues to the whereabouts of priceless paintings looted by the Nazis during the war--paintings that were "liberated" by Allied soldiers but never returned to their owners who survived the war or the descendants of those who didn"t. Smartly plotted and expertly paced, this somewhat overwritten mystery drops a few too many names and relies on more stereotypes than necessary, but it"s fast, funny, and engaging, as well as highly informative; the author"s acquaintance with Warhol in the Factory"s heyday and his knowledge of printmaking and lithography add verisimilitude to an imaginative scenario. --Jane Adams