The last of my "reserve" paperbacks...
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I woke up this morning at 3 am, couldn't go back to sleep, so ended up finishing the book Thief Of Light by David Ramus. By "reserve paperback", I mean books I pick up at the library in the paperback area, and then hang onto them until I run out of hardback fiction that I purposely put on hold there. I took a number of paperbacks with me on vacation, and this was the last one. Usually I'm not looking for excellence in these titles, just something to be mildly entertaining until something better comes along (no, I HAVE to have some book going at all times...)
This novel was a pleasant surprise. The story is about an art dealer who is involved in a scheme to provide forgery paintings to a Japanese client who then distributes them overseas. When his forger is murdered and a forged Monet is destroyed, he attempts to tell the client that he can't deliver. But the client is part of a crime family, and insists on the delivery of a real Monet to replace it. The dealer is already over-extended on credit, strung out on drugs, and isn't sure what he can do. He decides to clean up his act and try to get out of this mess. But of course, the client won't take no for an answer, and people close to him are in danger until he gets what he wants.
Very good pacing, involving plot, and good characters. Reading the review on Amazon, it sounds like the author lived some of the plotline in his real life before he decided to start writing. If you're into art and/or are looking for a good read, this one isn't bad...
I woke up this morning at 3 am, couldn't go back to sleep, so ended up finishing the book Thief Of Light by David Ramus. By "reserve paperback", I mean books I pick up at the library in the paperback area, and then hang onto them until I run out of hardback fiction that I purposely put on hold there. I took a number of paperbacks with me on vacation, and this was the last one. Usually I'm not looking for excellence in these titles, just something to be mildly entertaining until something better comes along (no, I HAVE to have some book going at all times...)
This novel was a pleasant surprise. The story is about an art dealer who is involved in a scheme to provide forgery paintings to a Japanese client who then distributes them overseas. When his forger is murdered and a forged Monet is destroyed, he attempts to tell the client that he can't deliver. But the client is part of a crime family, and insists on the delivery of a real Monet to replace it. The dealer is already over-extended on credit, strung out on drugs, and isn't sure what he can do. He decides to clean up his act and try to get out of this mess. But of course, the client won't take no for an answer, and people close to him are in danger until he gets what he wants.
Very good pacing, involving plot, and good characters. Reading the review on Amazon, it sounds like the author lived some of the plotline in his real life before he decided to start writing. If you're into art and/or are looking for a good read, this one isn't bad...
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