Cosmic Widow (Agent Renault Adventures) by Jonathan Nevair

Cosmic mystery and stolen art collide in the latest installment of this fun and fast-paced spy-fi adventure series featuring a tough yet conflicted secret agent/poet and a charming cast of alien characters. A deadly race to recover a priceless portrait. When the legendary Cosmic Widow vanishes from the galaxy’s premiere art museum, Agent Lilline Renault delves into a shadowy underworld to hunt down the missing masterpiece. Her only clue: the thief’s enigmatic calling card. Following a scant trail of evidence, Lilline crosses paths with shady art dealers, eccentric university professors, and elusive forgers in a tangled search for the stolen work of art. But the robber’s end game is more sinister than mere theft. Sleeping secrets stir inside the Cosmic Widow… If they wake, an arcane mystery locked away for ages could spell disaster across the stars. The Agent Renault Adventures are standalones - start anywhere in this award-winning series.

Adult • Science Fiction/Horror and Thriller • Mystery, Thriller, and Suspense/Spies and Politics • Mystery, Thriller, and Suspense • Science Fiction/Space Opera • Science Fiction/Soft SF

Content Warning: Blood, Death, Decapitation, Hospitalization, Hostage, Poisoning.