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three friends descend upon an art auction in search of some excitement . mike mackenzie retired software mogul bachelor and fine art enthusiast wants something that money cant buy . fellow art lover allan cruickshank is bored with his banking career and burdened by a painful divorce . and robert gissing an art professor is frustrated that so many paintings stay hidden in corporate boardrooms safes and private apartments . after the auction and a chance encounter with crime boss chib calloway robert and allan suggest the liberation of several paintings from the national gallery hoping mike will dissuade them . instead he hopes they are serious . br as enterprising girlfriends clever detectives seductive auctioneers and a hells angel named hate enter the picture ian rankin creates a highly charged thriller a faced past story of second guesses and double crosses that keep changing the picture right until the harrowing finish .