French Twist

I devoured this book. A new favorite. I have an affinity for heists, spies, thieves, slightly-antihero heroes, France, and French accents. This book gave me all of it. And apparently now I also have a thing for men that braid hair. This was perfect escapism for me!

Okay then.. an American art-expert managing her first major art exhibit (around Madame Pompadour) meets a French 'security expert' in the Palace of Versailles. What's not to love?

Add on a set of fake vases, that the security expert is an ex-thief (shades of certain other books I've read and enjoyed), a mysterious death or two... and they go to a vineyard... a French vineyard to drink exquisite wine in a cellar. I'm sure I'm not the only one to slip into fantasies about it.

This reminded me of a classic Cary Grant movie (the type you watch on a Sunday afternoon) as the cat burglar wasn't that bad at heart and the romance all turned out well in the end.

I don't know if I'll be revisiting this again but it's a perfect light read to indulge show more in (with a glass of wine in hand naturally). show less