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Doors Open (2007)

by Ian Rankin(Favorite Author)

3.43 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0752890719 (ISBN13: 9780752890715)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Orion Books

review 1: My favorite Scottish author has written a tale of three friends frustrated that paintings are hidden away in private collections and decide to steal three beloved paintings from the National Gallery in Edinburgh. The instigator is Mike Mackenzie, a software mogul. He convinces banker Allan Cruickshank and art professor Robert Gissing to join in the heist. So begins the adventure that brings them into contact with master forgers, crime bosses, girlfriends with agendas, and a Hell's Angel named Hate. Mike plans down to the minutest detail and realizes his main motivation is the need for excitement in his life. Mike meets an old school chum at an art gallery and brings him on board as muscle if needed. Chibs brings four of his underlings with guns to frighten the curators... more while the three friends "steal" the paintings. The genius lies in the ability of a forger to replicate the paintings. They then leave the fakes in a deserted van and the gallery thinks they are recovering the art. The main characters are the three friends, Chibs, Westie, the forger, and Hate, a giant brute who tries to get money owed him by Chibs. The plot twists and turns with the everyone mistrusting the other participants. Rankin creates a picture of the art world in Edinburgh that is informational and entertaining.
review 2: Not what I'd expected at all, but such fun. This is a cinematic book - it reads like watching a really good movie - the sort of crime caper which fills in a pleasant evening with a big bar of chocolate and a bottle of red wine! Sit back and allow yourself to be entertained. A kind of Edinburgh 'Oceans 11' with a most memorable cast of characters, the book is vastly superior to the made for TV film shown in the UK in 2012. Highly recommended and the perfect holiday read! less

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