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    Feint of Art
    Feint of Art
    Feint of Art
    Audiobook8 hours

    Feint of Art

    Written by Juliet Blackwell and Hailey Lind

    Narrated by Xe Sands

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    At ten, painting a perfect Mona Lisa made Annie Kincaid a prodigy. A similar copy at seventeen made her a crook. Lesson learned: genuine art is priceless, and forgery gets you arrested. Now Annie puts her artistic talents to honest use as a faux finisher in San Francisco. But her past may not be painted over as well as she thought . . .

    Annie's got bad news for her ex-boyfriend, curator Ernst Pettigrew: the snooty Brock Museum's new fifteen-million-dollar Caravaggio painting is as fake as a three-dollar bill. And the same night Annie makes her shattering appraisal, the janitor on duty is killed-and Ernst disappears. To top it all off, a well-known art dealer has absconded with multiple Old Master drawings, leaving yet more forgeries in their places. Finding the originals-and pocketing the reward money-will get Annie's new landlord off her back. But it could also draw her into the underworld of fakes and forgers she swore she'd left behind, starting with a close encounter with a changeable but charming art thief . . .
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateNov 14, 2017
    ISBN9781541485631
    Feint of Art

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    • 3/5
      Well, it should really have been 2.5 stars for the rating. I am sucker for art-related mysteries so I was keen for a new series. However, there were a number of, shall we say, annoyances with this,book. It tried way to hard to be cute (Stephanie Plum style wise-assery); the female protagonist attracts so much trouble because she makes truly stupid decisions (ALL the time); she is wildly attracted to two polar opposites males (again with the S. Plum) who are always rescuing her from her own stupidity (I cannot tell you how much this offends me- rescue yourself; and the plot was WAY too complicated. Also, for a poor, desperate artist she is always ignoring jobs for her paying clients in order to swan about dark ateliers looking for trouble.
    • 4/5
      Really enjoyed this, the plot was convoluted and confusing but the characters, especially Annie the mc were just terrific. Annie was funny, brave, quirky, talented and rash just what I like in a good heroine with a somewhat murky past.
    • 3/5
      Okay plot with interesting information about art forgery and gallery world.
    • 5/5
      cozy-mystery, theft, murder, museum, greed, art-fraud, art-theft, adventure, amateur-sleuth, verbal-humor, situational-humor, snarky ***** Cross Fox and O'Hare with the Goodnights and Dempseys and you have this marvelous adventure mystery full of humor! Great fun, fast paced, and filled with twists and red herrings!
    • 4/5
      I'm a big fan of Juliet Blackwell (Witchcraft Mystery and Haunted Home Renovation Mystery series), so when I found out she was half of the Hailey Lind writing team, I had to read FEINT OF ART. Hailey Lind's other half is Juliet's sister Carolyn J. Lawes, a professor of history.FEINT OF ART kicks off the Art Lover's Mystery series, and introduces readers to main character Annie Kincaid. Annie spent her teenage years forging artistic masterpieces with her grandfather in Europe. But after a run in with the law, Annie decided to give up that life. Now, she runs a struggling yet respectable faux finishing company in San Francisco. However, her extensive knowledge of the forgery business is about to get her in trouble again.Annie gets wrapped up in a murder mystery when her ex-boyfriend, the curator at the Brock Museum, asks her to determine if the new Caravaggio painting is a fake. Yep, it is, and Annie knows who painted the forgery. That same night, a museum janitor is murdered and her ex disappears. In addition to that, an art dealer approaches Annie about tracking down some priceless Old Master drawings that were stolen and forged, leading to more murder and mayhem.I had mixed feelings about this book. It was quite interesting, yet kind of confusing at the same time. There were a lot of players in this book and a lot going on. It was hard to keep everyone straight. The cast of characters was intriguing, but there were just too many involved in some way. I liked Annie's character pretty well, though she was a little flighty at times and made some silly moves.On the other hand, I loved taking a look at the underworld of art forgery. Fascinating! It's clear the authors did their research. Some of the tidbits presented - well, I had no idea!Though somewhat chaotic, FEINT OF ART was an entertaining cozy mystery, and I will continue with the next book. I'm pleased that my local library carries the series. I think the paperbacks are out-of-print at this point.
    • 4/5
      The heroine, Annie Kincaid, is very likable and entertaining. The plot is done well and has a twist that is unexpected. The writing is good and Annie seems better motivated to investigate and be involved than many mystery main characters. The two men as the potential romantic interests are polar opposites and will keep readers cheering for one or the other. Enjoyable mystery all the way around. I am looking forward to the next book in the series.