Shattered Icons: The Perfect Frame

By Deni Vanden

SHATTERED ICONS

They thought they could outrun their past. They were wrong.

After exposing a killer and fleeing a corrupted life, former detective Anya Petrova and master thief Jax Sterling have built a fragile new existence in the shadows of Budapest. Their freedom is a beautiful illusion, paid for with silence and secrets.

But when a famed archaeologist is bludgeoned to death with a Stone Age relic at a historic dig, their sanctuary shatters. The killer's signature is a calling card Jax knows too well, and the investigation points to a forgery so perfect it could rewrite a nation's history.

Detective Inspector Livia Novak isn't interested in their aliases-only their expertise. She offers a devil's bargain: use their unique skills to help her solve the murder, or be turned over to the Interpol agents closing in on Anya's trail.

To find the truth, Anya must partner with the one person hunting her, while Jax must use his criminal genius not to steal, but to protect the life they've stolen together. As they are drawn into a labyrinth of nationalist pride, black-market art, and a forger's lethal obsession, they realize the killer isn't just framing them for murder.

He's crafting their destruction as his final masterpiece.

Shattered Icons is the electrifying second book in The Gilded Ghosts series-a tale where the line between hunter and hunted blurs, and the only thing more dangerous than the crime is the truth buried beneath it.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G4VNY6DM
• ISBN13: 9798277103630
• Release Date: December 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"