Artists & Thieves by Linda Schroeder Review and Giveaway for Pump Up Your Book

ABOUT LINDA SCHROEDER

Linda Schroeder divides her time between the bright sun of California and the high mountains of Colorado. She has a Master’s degree in English and one in Communicative Disorders/Audiology. In addition to her novel, Artists & Thieves, she has published a college text. Her early interest in English expanded to include language disorders and she began a second career as an audiologist and aural rehabilitation therapist working with deaf and hard-of-hearing children and adults. Currently, she studies and practices Chinese brush painting, celebrating the vitality and energy of nature. She follows art and art theft blogs and writes her own blog about art and sometimes includes reviews of novels. She is working on two more novels, a second Mai Ling novel about the Diamond Sutra, and a Sammy Chan art mystery about the forgery of a Goya painting. You can visit her website at www.artistsandthieves.com.

ABOUT ARTISTS AND THIEVES

Winner of the 2011 San Diego Book Awards, Action/Suspense category Where there is art, there are thieves. Mai Ling is both. Artist by day, thief by night, she recovers stolen art for Interpol. It’s a business, not a passion, until her beloved grandfather reveals a family secret that is also a destiny. He is duty-bound to return to China an especially precious bowl which belonged to his ancestor. Mai must steal it for him. But Mai Ling is not the only one after the bowl. Four others plan to extract the bowl from a private California art collection. The rival thieves grasp and then lose the bowl until finally Mai is faced with the ultimate dilemma: save the bowl or save herself. Her duty to her grandfather gives her only one choice. Set against the vibrant backdrop of the Monterey Peninsula and peopled with quirky characters, this stylish art caper entertains on every page. Amazon Barnes & Noble

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My Thoughts
The blurb of Artist's & Thieves pretty much tells the story so I do not want to say too much more on the plot, but I will say that I loved the book and finished it in two sittings. The first book I have read in a long time that did not have the element of romance in it, so you as a reader are not bogged down in the sexual innuendos that often take away from the story that is being told. I have no problem with books that have romance, I rather like romance in a book, but it is refreshing to read a book once in awhile without it. There are plenty of characters to love and hate, ancient myth and legends is the main premise of the story, plus mystery and murder. A very well told story. I enjoyed it very much.
I received a copy of the book for review and was not monetarily compensated for my review.

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