The Picasso Job: A Phoenix Thriller

BestThrillers.com BOOK OF THE YEAR

A jailbreak. A stolen masterpiece. A choice that could cost him everything.

From international bestselling, sixteen-time award-winning author Avanti Centrae comes a high-octane crime thriller where loyalty is lethal, and freedom is never free.

Yesterday, Dakota Black was engaged to his high school sweetheart and preparing to join the FBI.

Today, he’s locked inside Folsom State Prison— marked for death.

Convicted while chasing justice, the blond farm boy with big dreams is trapped between two dangerous men:


- Renoir Reza, a brilliant, bow-legged art thief with a hidden agenda capable of global destruction
- Cody Winters, a revenge-driven inmate convinced Dakota murdered his brother

When survival demands the impossible, Dakota makes a desperate choice. He joins Reza in a violent prison break that launches them into a kamikaze crime spree for a five-million-dollar prize: a stolen Picasso.

But freedom is fleeting.

Hot on their trail is Special Agent Elizabeth Everett, the woman who put Reza behind bars before—and who won’t stop until his lethal ambitions are buried for good.

As alliances fracture and danger closes in, Dakota must decide how far he’s willing to go to stay alive.

Can he steal one of the world’s most famous paintings without losing his soul?

Or will doing the right thing get him killed?

THE PICASSO JOB is a twist-laden crime thriller in Avanti Centrae’s signature style—where every escape tightens the trap, loyalties shift without warning, and the line between virtue and survival is razor thin.

Perfect for fans of fast-paced crime fiction, daring heists, and relentless suspense.


CRITICAL PRAISE FOR THE PICASSO JOB:

Winner, Book of the Year - BestThrillers.com

Genre Grand Prize Winner, Chanticleer Global Thriller Book Awards

“The Picasso Job earns its BestThrillers.com Book of the Year crown by doing what few thrillers dare: delivering relentless momentum without sacrificing emotional heft.”—BestThrillers.com