Chasing Mona Lisa
January 16th, 2012. Filed under: Monday's Musings.One enigmatic smile. Two passionate protectors. And a relentlessly ticking clock.
ISLAND BREEZES
It was so good to go along on an adventure with Eric and Gabi again. Tricia and Mike have come up with another adrenalin fueled story.
I romped through the French Resistance and celebrated the liberation with these two. And that was just the beginning.
Then the chase was on to recover the elusive Mona Lisa. Who will come out on top? The Germans? The Swiss? The French?
There’s a twist or two at the end – one of which I didn’t see coming. Don’t bother trying to read the last of the story first. You need to read from the beginning in order to really be able to understand and appreciate the end.
***A special thank you to Donna Hausler for providing a review copy***
August 1944. Paris is on the cusp of liberation. As the soldiers of the Third Reich flee the Allied advance, they ravage the country and steal countless pieces of irreplaceable art. In fact, Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring will stop at nothing to claim the most valuable one of all—the Mona Lisa—as a postwar bargaining chip.
But the woman with the mysterious smile has some very determined protectors. Can Swiss OSS agents Gabi Mueller and Eric Hofstadler rescue Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece before it falls into German hands?
With nonstop action and intrigue, Chasing Mona Lisa is sure to get your adrenaline pumping as you join the chase to save the most famous painting in the world. From war-ravaged Paris to a posh Swiss chateau, the race is on–and the runners are playing for keeps.
Available January 2011 at your favorite bookseller from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group.