Although this is the last of a trilogy it does not require that you have read the previous books in order to enjoy this book. In essence this can be read as a standalone story with enough information contained within it to allow the new reader to understand the complexity of the plotline.
Elisabeth Teerlinc is the anti-hero of the book. She has come from a difficult background to own her own gallery with ill-gotten gains obtained through art fraud along the way. She is forced by an arms dealer to work with a forger to make a fake picture that will raise more than £100 million at auction. Along the way Elisabeth commits a couple of murders proving what a sociopath she is and as such this gives her character a harder edge than might have been expected of the traditional female hero.
I enjoyed this book once I got through the first 30 pages or so which are more dependent on the reader having read the previous books than the rest of the book. I quite enjoyed reading about the technical aspects of how forgeries are made and also the background of the various artists mentioned in the book. It is clear that the author knows her art history and art knowledge and has used this to the fore in her writing of what is a fast paced thriller that keeps you guessing until the end.
Elisabeth Teerlinc is the anti-hero of the book. She has come from a difficult background to own her own gallery with ill-gotten gains obtained through art fraud along the way. She is forced by an arms dealer to work with a forger to make a fake picture that will raise more than £100 million at auction. Along the way Elisabeth commits a couple of murders proving what a sociopath she is and as such this gives her character a harder edge than might have been expected of the traditional female hero.
I enjoyed this book once I got through the first 30 pages or so which are more dependent on the reader having read the previous books than the rest of the book. I quite enjoyed reading about the technical aspects of how forgeries are made and also the background of the various artists mentioned in the book. It is clear that the author knows her art history and art knowledge and has used this to the fore in her writing of what is a fast paced thriller that keeps you guessing until the end.