The Case of the Counterfeit Painting

Rated Five Stars by Readers' Favorite

What painting could they be talking about? What will it take for twelve-year-old Morgan to stop an art thief?

Morgan and her brother, Brad, are used to traveling with their mother, Maya, on all of her business trips. At first, the trip to Pittsburgh is no different; that is until Morgan overhears a plot that could upend the art scene in the city. A thief and her accomplice plan to replace a famous painting with a forgery!

Even though her mother keeps telling her to leave the sleuthing to the authorities, Morgan knows she did not pick up enough of the plot for the authorities to stop the heist. How can she find the right painting to give them more information? Now it is up to her - in a race against time, she searches through Pittsburgh's deep history and culture to find the right painting. She needs the perfect plan, and her brother's cooperation, to visit all the locations that will help her quest.

Will Morgan's mother stop her from trying to find the painting? Will Brad help his sister or stand between her and the answer? With only knowing the subject of the painting, can Morgan find the right one before it is too late?

This engaging middle-grade mystery will take any reader on a tour through the city of Pittsburgh as Morgan attempts to do what is right and stop the thief. While she is trying to solve the mystery, Morgan navigates through the complexities of a person her age: additional independence, responsibilities, and a need to assert her own thoughts and concerns.