The Art Whisperer (An Alix London Mystery) by Charlotte Elkins & Aaron Elkins

Author:Charlotte Elkins & Aaron Elkins [Elkins, Charlotte]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
Published: 2014-08-19T00:00:00+00:00

“That was really nice,” Chris said as they drove back uptown, “but I’m ready for some plain, unfancy, solid American food for dinner.”

“Me too. How about a pizza?”

“Perfect, can’t get any more American than that.”

“I know a good place, and on the way we can drive right through the intersection I was talking about before. In fact, we’re about to now.”

“The epicenter, the heart of the heart of downtown?”

“The very place.”

“Is that it up ahead, where those tour busses are lined up along the curb?”

“That’s it.”

A few seconds later Chris burst out laughing. “The heart of Palm Springs?” Chris shouted with more laughter. “I would say they’re a little off in their anatomy.”

Alix laughed along with her. They were on Tahquitz, approaching Palm Canyon and coming up behind an enormous, billowing skirt that revealed a curvy, four-foot-wide, panties-clad rear end. This was Palm Springs’s number-one tourist draw of the moment, the brilliantly colored “Forever Marilyn” statue, nearly thirty feet tall, in her most iconic pose, from The Seven Year Itch, where she stands caught in the updraft from a New York City subway grate, futilely trying (but not very hard) to hold down her ballooning skirt.

“It’s only on loan to Palm Springs,” Alix told her. “They’re trying to buy it, though. I heard they offered one point two million, and they’re waiting to hear.”

“It’s beautiful, in a strange way,” Chris said, looking up at Marilyn’s laughing face as they passed. “She looks so happy. Makes you smile, doesn’t it? Look at all those people, they’re all smiling.” She twisted to look back as they passed it and crossed Palm Canyon. “So it’s for sale,” she said thoughtfully as she straightened. “One point two million, was that what you said?”

Alix fixed her with a stern glance. “No, you can not have it. As your trusted and respected counselor and guide, I forbid it. I’m letting you get away with the portrait miniatures, but there’s such a thing as going too far.”

“Well, I think it’s a wonderful idea, and I intend to talk you into it.”

Alix responded with a phrase she’d learned from the many times she’d heard Tiny mutter it: “Quando voleranno gli asini.” When donkeys fly.

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