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Restrike (2013)

by Reba White Williams(Favorite Author)

3.57 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1939052009 (ISBN13: 9781939052001)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Delos

series

Coleman and Dinah Greene Mystery

review 1: Restrike is a pretty good mystery. For the most part, I liked the overall story. There is a lot packed into this book, so it takes a bit of sorting through to figure out what is going on initially. I kind of felt like there were too many characters to keep track of at times. Despite that, the mystery was well planned out with twists that will surprise you. One of them, I wasn't expecting at all. I know nothing, really, about the art world or about prints, but that didn't really make a difference to the story. I felt like the author gave me enough information to be comfortable with the topic.Dinah and Coleman are great characters. I was happy when Dinah finally got a backbone and stood up to her husband. I also like Coleman. She is a likeable character who value... mores her family and friends. I also liked her side-kick, Dolly. They are definitely characters I would like to see in future books. It looks like this is the start to a series, so I look forward to the further adventures of Coleman and Dinah.
review 2: From Goodreads:Cousins Coleman and Dinah Greene moved from North Carolina to New York after college to make their mark on the art world: Coleman is the editor of an influential arts magazine and Dinah is the owner of a print gallery in Greenwich Village. But their challenges are mounting as one of Coleman’s writers is discovered selling story ideas to a competitor and The Greene Gallery is in the red because sales are down.When billionaire Heyward Bain arrives with a glamorous assistant, announcing plans to fund a fine print museum, Coleman is intrigued and plans to get to know Bain and publish an article about him. Dinah hopes to sell him enough prints to save her gallery. At the same time, swindlers, attracted by Bain’s lavish spending, invade the print world to grab some of his money.When a print dealer dies in peculiar circumstances, Coleman is suspicious, but she can’t persuade the NYPD crime investigator of a connection between the dealer’s death and Bain’s buying spree. After one of Coleman’s editors is killed and Coleman is attacked, the police must acknowledge the connection, and Coleman becomes even more determined to discover the truth about Bain. In an unforgettable final scene, Coleman risks her life to expose the last deception threatening her, her friends, and the formerly tranquil print world.My Thoughts:This is the second art-related book I have read in the past few months. I was never good at art, I embraced the teasing during art class in high school and I can’t tell you a Monet from a Manet… wait are those even real artists? Well, that settles it. I know nothing about art. But in both of the books I have read about the art world, I have fallen so deep into the scenery, I’ve had a hard time digging myself out.I never knew there was such a thing as a restrike until I read this book.re•strike (v. riˈstraɪk; n. ˈriˌstraɪk): a new print made from an old lithographic stone, metal engraving, woodcut, or the likeThat’s my art lesson for the day. Thank you, come again. I have to say the more I read about the glamour and glitz of the New York art scene, the more intrigued I am. I enjoy the few museums I’ve been to, but that’s just not my world in West Virginia. The only museum in my town is the Mothman Museum…. Yes, I’m serious. I may need to do a little more reading up on this high society.Now to the book: Williams has anything a girl could want in this book. Lust, wealth, murder, scandal … and a couple of hotties to keep the pages turning if you can’t get into the art. Although there were times I had no idea what I was reading about, the art wasn’t too technical, but anything over paint by number is too much for me, I breezed through this book. There were so many different agendas in this book and skeletons hid behind the corners, you can’t put it down until you know if the same person is behind all the drama, or if it’s just coincidence that it all happens at once.I’ve read so many murder mysteries in the past few years, I fancy myself an amateur sleuth. I can normally figure out who the bad guy(s) is(are) before the author reveals them. But Williams had me stunned in this one. I said out loud, “Really? That’s the killer?” I was a bit shocked, not who I expected and not for the motive.I really like Coleman and her drive and passion in her career. I am excited to see where the next book in the series takes her. I also liked Dinah, but I’m hoping she loses her controlling, possessive, jerk of a husband. Not that it bothers me too much…. But even more than both of them, I absolutely loved Rachel’s character. She played her own little role in London, but boy is she fierce. She finds out a partner is out to get her and she pulls out all the stops to make sure she doesn’t lose her name or her fortune. I hope that she will make some more appearances in the series and maybe help out a little if the future mysteries cross the pond.I give Restrike 5 out of 5 bookmarks. less

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