Natalie Lemle's Debut Thriller Was Inspired By A Real Art World Scandal

Natalie Lemle's Debut Thriller Was Inspired By A Real Art World Scandal

As a college student triple-majoring in classics, art history, and Italian, Natalie Lemle envisioned becoming an archaeologist unearthing treasures in cargo pants and a wide-brimmed hat. But when her first dig brought nothing but sweat, dust, and grueling manual labor, her ambitions came to a halt.“In the end, it was the PhD students who were allowed to actually catalog things and handle the objects,” Lemle tells Bustle. “We were just pickaxing …