Books by Aaron Elkins
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review 1: I picked this up on a recent trip to the library; and had not read anything by Aaron Elkins. Loved this book, very intriguing story. Brian Bennett believes being kidnapped again would be the worst thing that could ever happen to him. While on a business trip to Iceland he find...
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review 1: ALix London, an art restorer, s trying to establish a career in Seattle. Her childhood of wealth ad prestige came tumbling down when her father, curator at a noted art museum is found guilty of art forgery and goes to prison. She is left to pick up the pieces and find a life fo...
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review 1: I decided on A Dangerous Talent for the Seasonal Reading Challenge because I had to read a book by two authors who were new to me. Since I’d looked at, but never read anything by Aaron Elkins, I decided to try out the first in the Alix London series which he writes in partnership...
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review 1: This is number 1 of a series starring Alix London, a skilled restorer of old paintings who is breaking into the better-paid role of “art consultant” to wealthy patrons. She has what’s known as a “connoisseur’s eye” meaning she can spot a fake with something like intuition, and o...
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review 1: I have a fondness for Gideon Oliver that much resembles my enjoyment of tv shows such as Numb3rs and Criminal Minds. They're quasi-based in 'real-life' applications of science-y things, even when you put them all together it doesn't really work.But that's okay, because I really d...
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review 1: Here is number 2 of the Alix London series. In this one, Alix is going aboard the Artemis, a fabulous yacht owned by a Greek billionaire, for a cruise around the Mediterranean, a cruise which culminates with an auction of some of Panos Pappadakis’s paintings. The FBI has asked ...
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review 1: 5.0 out of 5 stars Gideon Oliver on the case in Tuscany., June 4, 2014 This review is from: Dying on the Vine (A Gideon Oliver Mystery) "Dying on the Vine" by Aaron Elkins.Gideon has returned to Tuscany at the invitation of Pietro Cubbiddu, patriarch of the Villa Antica. And so ...