Alix London (5 books in series)
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review 1: First off, I received this book via a win from the First Reads program on Goodreads.There are two books that preceed this, and while I understood what was going on in the novel just fine, there were moments when it just would have been better to read the others: "A Cruise to Die ...
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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: 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 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: 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...