Ship of Fools

The painting was worth millions. The secret was worth killing for.

Two years after his wife is murdered on a Mexican Riviera cruise, Oliver Daniels is still haunted by the same nightmare: watching Gretchen disappear into the Pacific while he stands helplessly on the deck. Police suspect him. No one has been arrested. And the only thing Gretchen left behind that may explain her death is a mysterious Salvador Dalí print.

When Oliver learns that the artwork may be connected to a secret hidden during the Spanish Civil War, his grief turns into a dangerous search for answers. The rumor says Dalí altered one numbered print, leaving behind a clue to a fortune that has remained hidden for decades.

But Oliver is not the only person looking for it.

Art smugglers, hired killers, collectors, and a ruthless billionaire are willing to steal, threaten, and kill to recover the painting. After two armed men break into Oliver's Texas home demanding the Dalí, he realizes the people responsible for Gretchen's death may be closing in-and that the painting is worth far more than he ever imagined.

His investigation takes him from Fort Worth and Dallas to the Mexican coast and the secrets of 1930s Paris and Spain, where Dalí, Coco Chanel, Federico García Lorca, and a hidden fortune become part of a mystery reaching across generations.

As Oliver follows clues hidden in art, history, and the past, he must confront a terrifying question: did Gretchen die chasing a legend, or did she uncover something powerful enough to get her killed?

With murder, art smuggling, historical intrigue, hidden treasure, and a relentless international pursuit, Ship of Fools is a fast-paced mystery thriller about grief, obsession, greed, and the deadly secrets hidden inside a masterpiece.