Oct 5, 2026 · 44 min · 10 segments
Clay Small returns to familiar themes in his third legal thriller novel: art forgery, Holland, the quirky US legal system and baby boomer protagonists who are living life to the fullest. Fine Art…
Jim HerlihyHost
protagonist, protagonist from Forger's Forgery, Henry Langdon, who of course is the professor from Sutherland University, Sutherland Law School.
And he is, we first met him, of course, in Forger's Forgery, and he's wrapping up the academic year at Sutherland when he receives a somewhat frantic call from Bernadette, Bernadette Gordon.
She is, she's beside herself and She, of course, as you mentioned, is the accomplished art historian and professor at Amsterdam University.
The book turns on what is, in my mind, a collision in the life of Henry Lyndon, who, as you said, is a law professor and someone who is very comfortable in a controlled environment.
First, he finds himself unexpectedly the foreman of a Dallas grand jury that is rapidly spinning out of control.
And while he is trying to handle that situation, he gets an email from his friend Bernadette Gordon, who is in a picturesque village in Holland called Githorn, and asks him please to come over and help her in a situation which she doesn't disclose to him any details.
And we tie back in to the grand jury link that we first discovered at the outset.
And then Henry's brother could not be, if there were ever an example of chalk and cheese, Henry being the chalk and his brother, Marvelous Marvin, being the cheese.
Talk to us about, again, two siblings from the same womb, but two very different styles and experiences.
Tell us about Marvelous Marvin, because he plays a significant role in the story.
And in the book, you see that these differences spark some misunderstandings along the way.
protagonist, protagonist from Forger's Forgery, Henry Langdon, who of course is the professor from Sutherland University, Sutherland Law School.
And he is, we first met him, of course, in Forger's Forgery, and he's wrapping up the academic year at Sutherland when he receives a somewhat frantic call from Bernadette, Bernadette Gordon.
She is, she's beside herself and She, of course, as you mentioned, is the accomplished art historian and professor at Amsterdam University.
The book turns on what is, in my mind, a collision in the life of Henry Lyndon, who, as you said, is a law professor and someone who is very comfortable in a controlled environment.
First, he finds himself unexpectedly the foreman of a Dallas grand jury that is rapidly spinning out of control.
And while he is trying to handle that situation, he gets an email from his friend Bernadette Gordon, who is in a picturesque village in Holland called Githorn, and asks him please to come over and help her in a situation which she doesn't disclose to him any details.
And we tie back in to the grand jury link that we first discovered at the outset.
And then Henry's brother could not be, if there were ever an example of chalk and cheese, Henry being the chalk and his brother, Marvelous Marvin, being the cheese.
Talk to us about, again, two siblings from the same womb, but two very different styles and experiences.
Tell us about Marvelous Marvin, because he plays a significant role in the story.
And in the book, you see that these differences spark some misunderstandings along the way.
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