The Parisian Heist

I was lucky enough that Jo sent me a very early copy of this, and I loved every page!!! It’s historical fiction and a thriller, told in dual timelines, which is my favorite for historical fiction. We meet widow Jo van Gogh, struggling to stay afloat. With her husband and brother-in-law now gone, she has inherited hundreds of Vincent’s paintings. The art world has (of course) deemed the paintings worthless. Jo disagrees. Consumed by Vincent’s legacy, determined to prove his creative genius (and support her son), she takes on the ambitious and difficult, especially for a woman in those times!) task of representing his work. In more modern times (the nineties), we meet Emma, a struggling art student in Paris. Having recently lost her scholarship, she finds herself cleaning the homes of the wealthy elite, where she meets Stella. Once upon a time, Stella was art world royalty, the wife of one of the world’s most notorious art dealers. But upon her husband’s death, she was cut out of the will and now borders on penniless. Emma finds herself becoming friends with Stella and attracted to her charming grandson. When Stella convinces Emma and her roommates to pull off a daring art heist at Musée d’Orsay, all bets are off (and the storylines converge). I couldn’t put this down. It’s a convergence of my favorite things: art, Paris, and a heist. I cannot recommend it enough. Please pre-order it, you’ll get a treat in July (and we all know how vital preorders are to authors!).