Rate this book

The Caravaggio Conspiracy (2014)

by Alex Connor(Favorite Author)

3.25 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1782065040 (ISBN13: 9781782065043)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Quercus Books

review 1: Having read several of Alex Connor's historical novels (authored under the name Alexandra Connor) I was interested to see that she has changed direction and is now writing thrillers set in the art world. "The Caravaggio Conspiracy" follows a bit of a winding road, in terms of storyline, that starts with the discovery of the bodies of the Weir twins, renowned art dealers, in their London gallery. Their murders were pretty gruesome, to put it mildly, and are reminiscent of killings carried out in Berlin seven years earlier. Gil Eckhart, the detective who worked on the Berlin case, is reluctantly called in and things take an unexpected turn when an alleged descendant of 17th century painter Caravaggio starts advertising on the internet that he knows the location of several pa... moreintings of his antecedent that were long thought to have disappeared. Paintings that many people are prepared to kill for. While the plot was a bit complex at times this book was quite enjoyable and I certainly came away from it much better informed on Caravaggio and the murky world of 'lost' or stolen artworks than I was before. The murders were a bit grisly for my taste but otherwise it was a solidly entertaining read.
review 2: Forgettable. Choppy. Copy had errors in spelling and formatting that even the most basic, half-asleep copy editor should have found. I think the author was absent on the day his high school lit teacher told everyone to "Show, not tell!" during creative writing. I picked it up expecting a quick and mindless read, and I got double helpings of both. I think it might want to be the Davinci Code when it grows up. less

Download links for: The Caravaggio Conspiracy

Advertising