Woman on Fire by Lisa Barr
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Jules Roth is a new journalism school grad eager to work for Dan Mansfield, the most formidable editor in Chicago. Lucky for her, he's got a heck of story for her to work on him with. One that'll take her from Chicago to New York, to Amsterdam, to Munich, and back - all in pursuit of the truth of what happened 80 years ago, when a woman was first painted in glorious, beautiful fashion; then dragged into the street and murdered. How do all these pieces fit together? And his will this team of researchers make it all fit together? Jules will have to pursue the story of a lifetime to find out.
The story starts off with action right from the beginning and really takes off right from there. We're immediately thrown into the action and told this amazing tale of artwork, murder, and theft, and then introduced to ruthless characters - it's amazing. Right from the beginning, I had to know how everything was going to end.
And wow, there's so many twists and turns throughout this book. You can't pinpoint what is going to happen because there's just so much that unfolds throughout the course of the story that it's impossible to predict its direction. I loved all those little details and nuances that turned the story into a layered saga.
And of course, there's the ongoing saga of Nazi-looted art at the book's core. The fact that we're still dealing with this 80 years after the war is despicable and I'm glad this book is bringing attention to the situation and how hard it is for people to reclaim what is rightly theirs.
Overall, this was a fantastic book. A great historically-based thriller for lovers of both mysteries and WW2 epics.
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