She is a brilliant art history student. He is her new thesis supervisor. For the sake of her career, she needs to prove the paintings are fake. Anna wants to escape. Preferably to the other side of the world. She belongs in the prestigious studentship program at London's National Portrait Gallery. Not Sydney, in an office resembling a cleaning cupboard. But her London opportunity is torn to shreds. The shredder? Englishman Dr Perry, Anna's new art thesis supervisor. Perry is an expert on art theft. And he is fixated on four suspected fake Aboriginal paintings. To solve the mystery, Perry drags Anna out of her discomfort zone to one completely foreign: her own country. Are the paintings fake? Will Perry's own career ambitions destroy Anna's? Why is Pavlova Australia's national dessert when it's actually from somewhere else? Plunge your fork into Pavlova Rising.... ...and enjoy this art mystery that will have you salivating from the start.