Paint by Numbers — Scott Simon

International rap star D. Lux sits atop a billion-dollar empire. With100 million records sold, his own small army, and an impregnable fortress smack dab in the middle of Lower Manhattan, many might say he has it made. But his true source of contentment is on the hidden tenth floor inside his nine-story complex. There sits a secret treasure, something he believes would earn him decades in a Federal prison. But when his prized possessions are revealed to be phony, D. Lux vows revenge on those who duped him. Enter Jedidiah Alcatraz, the autistic private eye who never works with police. With the assistance of his uncanny abilities and his friends Satch and Yano, he sets out to restore D. Lux's pride. Along the way, he crosses paths with his lost love, the heiress Piper Sutton, and her evil consort. The investigation takes him from the Museum of Art in New York City to the lake resort of Lugano in the Swiss Alps; from a Germany-based crime organization to an underworld where smugglers have little regard for life. And as Jedidiah draws closer to reuniting D. Lux with his property, he draws closer to understanding that true love can never be lost.