Washington, DC-based photojournalist Sophie Medina is not a murderer, but someone is determined to make sure she goes down for a crime she did not commit. When billionaire philanthropist and art collector Robson Blake hires Sophie Medina to take photographs for him, she doesn't expect to show up and find her client dead. It seems he was the victim of a burglary gone wrong. But why was his state-of-the-art security system turned off and why, in a house full of priceless Old Masters, is the only thing missing a beautiful but insignificant Ukrainian religious icon? Before long, Sophie finds herself in the crosshairs of a DC homicide detective who she suspects knows more than she is saying about Blake's murder. To Sophie's mixed delight and horror, she's recently learned she has a half-brother who might also be an international art thief, with eyes on Blake's collection. As the police get closer to finding Blake's killer, Sophie is certain someone is trying to frame her for his murder. Can she find the real killer in time even if it means turning in her own brother to prove her innocence?

Ellen Crosby, the author of the Sophie Medina mysteries, will be talking about Dodge and Burn, the third book in the series. She has also written 12 books in the Virginia Wine Country mysteries and Moscow Nights, a standalone mystery. Previously Crosby was a freelance reporter for The Washington Post, Moscow correspondent for ABC Radio News, and an economist at the US Senate. She and her husband live in the Washington, DC suburbs of northern Virginia after living overseas for many years.

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