A ' delicieux' read for followers of Liam Dolan.
Lost and Found in Paris is a quirky combo of Paris venues, the lives of saints and rock and roll history,
You'll be searching for your passport, a map of Paris and a 60's playlist as you read the final chapter,

Overall, I enjoyed this book and the characters. It was an intriguing storyline that I found enjoyable and I really liked the main characters.

Loved this quick read that gave a glimpse into the art world; threw in a decade old grief; a dash of dastardly husband; mixed it with a mystery in Paris; added in the secrets of two famous parents; gave us not one, but two love stories; and a surprise ending! Everything you need in a novel is served up in an witty, engaging style by the author.

Thanks to Harper Collins Publishers and NetGalley for the ARC.

This fast-paced treasure hunt through Paris made me think about the journey we all take to find ourselves.
Lian Dolan’s most recent novel introduces us to Joan, a woman who needs to reinvent herself after her husband leaves her for his mistress. When Joan has the opportunity to deliver some rare art to Paris, she finds herself in a predicament that only she can solve. This is the journey where Joan learns about her parents, where she came from, and ultimately where she wants to go.
Lian Dolan tells this story with humor and grace, combining art, Paris, and a rebound relationship with a bit of a mystery. Along the way, these characters come to life in the same style as Dolan’s The Sweeney Sisters. In the end, Joan and all the characters she meets along her journey, have learned something new about themselves.

I received this book as an ARC and all opinions are my own.
This story has mystery, love, and heartbreak-setting it up to be a good read. Joan lost her artist father on 9-11 and has spent years honoring his memory in one way or another. When her marriage falls apart, she takes a trip will to Paris, to deliver some paintings. After a one night stand, she discovers the paintings are missing and someone is out to send her on a wild goose chase that involves her father, his personal work, and her career.
This was a great story from start to finish. Very in depth, and knowledgeable on art. I will say the ending threw me for a loop, one that I wasn’t expecting, nor necessarily loved-but thats because I like nice endings. It wasn’t bad, but it definitely left me a little sad!

Lost and Found in Paris by Lian Dolan is a delight from the beginning…it’s part romance, part historical fiction and part mystery. You will travel along with Joan as she makes her way to Paris, looking for an adventure and that is just what she encountered.. The detailed descriptions of each location truly plops you in beautiful, historical Paris. It was an incredible journey and one I recommend you won’t want to miss.

If you are looking for a smart story with mystery, romanticism, and most importantly a clever, intelligent, devoted protagonist, Lost and Found in Paris by Lian Dolan is the book for you.
Ms. Dolan presents a book that is one part a clever romp through Paris and one part learning to live with grief. She is able to present an entertaining story that also tugs at the heartstrings.

Ms. Dolan weaves the past and present together through protagonist Joan Blakely’s reminiscences and provides a skillful scavenger hunt through Paris. Twists and turns abound as the reader is taken through the City of Lights, art, and adventure. Even with all the twists, Ms. Dolan is able to interconnect the story lines together with skill and resolution.

Joan’s life has been turned upside down. Her job at the art museum gives her the opportunity to deliver art to a buyer in Paris. The romp then begins and doesn’t end until the reader finishes the book.

Lost and Found in Paris is a book you can share with everyone. It is full of fun, love, and hope.

This story is an interesting genre mix of Woman’s fiction and a mystery. Joan’s life, having gone through a major upheaval, is at a crossroads. She is trying to gain some stability and normalcy, when she embarks on a business trip to Paris. What she gets is more questions then answers to start as she is led on an adventure around Paris. Joan’s arc in the story was surprising. We learn she has a lot to work through that involves more than her soon to be ex-husband. As she travels around Paris, we get a lovely arm chair view of the city and some sites that are lesser known. Liam Dolan has a lovely writing style and she kept this story grounded. I really appreciated how she ended this story.

Thank you NetGalley and William Morrow for the arc in exchange for my honest review.

I loved this book! The characters, the setting and the mystery are all really great. Lian Dolan takes the reader on a mysterious hunt through Paris to find stolen art and missing journals that ends with what could be a big surprise at the end.

I loved all the twists and turns of this novel and that it wrapped up nicely at the end. I'm dreaming going back to Paris now. I truly hope this book gets made into a series or movie. It would be absolutely perfect to watch!

I was expecting a typical romance novel, but was pleasantly surprised to have a mystery thrown in. Overall I enjoyed the book and the author’s style of writing. However, I could not find anything to like about the character of Beckmann and found the ending surprising.

Not the typical romance I was expecting, but instead, so much more!

Joan Blakely is the daughter of a superstar model and a world famous artist, and was named after Joan of Arc. She is no stranger to the rich and famous, which adds a fun element to the book.

But all is not glitter and gold in Joan’s life. Her father was killed on 9/11, and after 10 years of marriage, her husband Casey confesses to having another family, leaving Joan at loose ends.

When Joan jumps on the opportunity to courier some valuable sketches to Paris, she ends up sleeping with her seatmate Nate, and then wakes up to find that both he and her package are gone. Instead, she finds a sketch from one of her dads sketchbooks that she though were lost when he died, leading to a scavenger hunt to figure out who the notebooks and the sketches that were stolen before she loses her job! What a delightful book that is part art heist, part romance, and part journey of self- discovery.

I’m new to Lian Dolan books, and decided an Advanced Reader Copy would be a good test. Now I can’t wait to read more. Thank you to Book Club Girl, NetGalley and William Morrow and Custom House for the electronic ARC copy of this novel.

Joan Bright Blakely had a magical life, at least up until 9/11/2001. Her father was a highly renowned artist who created huge light installations and her mother was a supermodel known worldwide. Then, her father was killed in the tragic events of 9/11, and Joan as well as her mother, went into a life that was more marking space and time than actually living. Yes, she had a job, and she functioned daily, but she stopped pursuing any of her goals in life. She married a second rate artist, and got on with the task of daily living.

Then, her husband came into her work, announced he had a second family that consisted of two five year old twins and he wanted a divorce. She first was devastated, then got angry and in the space of 24 hours had locked him out of her life. Still, she didn’t try to change her own life until she was given the opportunity to act as courier for some artwork that was being sold to a Parisian gallery.

On that trip, Joan encountered an abundance of unexpected events, starting with an upgrade from coach to business class that came with a seat next to an attractive, unattached man, to the theft of the artwork. In an attempt to find the art, and save her job, Joan embarked on a series of activities with the intent of capturing whoever had stolen the art and returning it to the gallery. As she began a series of activities she experienced a multitude of things that she had been closed off from as she grieved. First she accused her handsome seatmate, then she went on what amounts to a treasure hunt throughout Paris, being led by an unknown person from place to place in an effort to solve the mystery of where the art was and who had stolen it.

Before the entire adventure was over, Joan had encountered much that she had closed herself off from over the years. Her sense of beauty and her place in the art world were reawakened and she developed more enthusiasm for life. Finally the mystery man who had been leading her around France on a merry chase revealed himself, her mother becomes involved and in the process reawakens and decides to reinvent her former self, at least to a small degree, and Joan begins to live again, without the pall of never-ending sadness that has come from grieving the death of her father.

The adventures and the growth Joan experiences are a delightful read, as is the opportunity for the reader to spend some time in France. While there are questions as to the identity of the mystery man, there is little thought that he has anything sinister in mind for Joan. At the same time, his motivation is unclear until the book is almost at its end.

This is a delightful tale of recovery and return to life for someone who has experienced a devastating loss. It is also an opportunity to imagine some time in France as well as in the bohemian world inhabited by many artists. There are no huge surprises, but some small ones that are sufficient to maintain interest. Joan is a realistic, sympathetic character and her previous lifestyle is believable and somewhat enviable for those who have lead a more conventional life. The book moves at an excellent pace and presents a totally satisfying read.

I thank William Morrow and Custom House for an advanced reader copy of the novel for this review. The opinions stated here are entirely my own.

Wow, what a ride! I’ve read all of Ms. Dolan’s books, and honestly was expecting a similar heroine and format in this one (including the initial location of Pasadena). What I wasn’t expecting was a mystery, a thriller, some lovely romance, food, wine, and a whole lot of art history and the Paris arts scene. I absolutely loved it! Joan Bright Blakely is the daughter of a famous artist father and a famous super model mother. Her dad perished on one of the flights that flew into the World Trade Center on 9/11. Her mother retreated to their house in Ojai, leaving Joan to face the press, attend memorials, and be the “face” of the Blakelys. Joan marries an artist, and thinks her marriage is her safe place, until her husband confesses a years-long secret and Joan’s life is rocked once again.
Her other safe place is her job at a museum in Pasadena, but when she’s asked to deliver a series of sketches to Paris, she jumps at the chance to leave and escape the memories and scrutiny surrounding her failed marriage. And that’s where the fun begins.
I also love Ms. Dolan’s takes on Pasadena and L.A. the social scene which she skewers (at least I think she skewers) with such wit, and other mentions of names and locales (she even referenced an art school I worked at for 15 years). I’ve never been to Paris, but through Ms. Dolan’s words, I felt I was right there with Joan. I would pause to look up the names of some places she described to see if they were real (most of them were!).
This was a wonderful escape that I’d been waiting to read since Ms. Dolan announced its April publication. It did not disappoint. Thank you NetGalley, William Morrow, and Book Club Girl Early Read program for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for my honest review.

This story is about Joan a thirtysomething working at an art museum going through divorce (after finding out her husband had a second family) and coping with the 10th anniversary of her famous fathers death on 9/11. She goes to Paris to complete the sale of a piece of artwork but it goes missing on her first night there and that takes her on a mystery hunt around Paris to try to find it.

I loved the mix of mystery, romance, and family drama weaved throughout the story. I also loved and connected with the main character Joan after also losing someone close to me in 9/11🤍 I think there were some parts that were a little slow but overall really enjoyed it!

This book was a quick and very enjoyable read for me. I was very fortunate to get to visit Paris many years ago, and reading this book took me straight back there. There is romance, but there is so much more than that. I look forward to recommending this title to our patrons.

Thank you, Net Galley, for the advance copy of Lost and Found in Paris.

With her signature hilarious dialogue and the palette of Paris, Lian Dolan shares the story of Joan Blakely and her relationships -- some that form, some that wound and some that inspire. Of course, Joan Blakely's biggest challenge is to redefine her relationship with herself. Lost and Found in Paris is a fun and engaging read featuring characters as quirky and colorful as the art they create.

But be forewarned: As soon as I finished reading, I found myself looking up flights to Paris.

Take a gorgeous setting (Paris) a relatable main character, Joan Blakely, (a young woman determined to remake her life after a sudden divorce) and an intriguing story exploring artistic creativity, celebrity life, art history, and complex family relationships, and you have Lost and Found in Paris. It’s the latest novel by Lian Dolan, author of Helen of Pasadena, Elizabeth the First Wife, and The Sweeney Sisters, all of which I have read. Told with Lian’s familiar, engaging style and humor, Lost and Found in Paris gave me the chance to explore the nooks and crannies of Paris with characters I wanted to know more about. I found the rich art world that Lian created especially engaging--with just the right amount of details. You can imagine the pieces she describes and the people who created them without getting bogged down by too much description. Lost and Found in Paris is very much worth a “trip” at a time when so many of us are still not traveling.

Thank you net gallery for the preview copy.

I enjoyed this book it was not what I expected when I started reading. At one point early on I almost put it down thinking this is a trait typical book. I stuck with it and it was a good read.

The back story at the beginning drags but is necessary to understand as the story moves on. Paris as a back drop is always a good thing. I enjoyed the comparison and complement of Joan of Arc.

It ends rather abruptly especially with the long lead in but does tie everything up.

It is a great beach or travel read.

Lost and Found in Paris was not exactly what I expected; that's not bad because it exceeded my expectations. This book centers on a woman in her 30s who finds herself divorced from her cheating husband and unsure of how to move forward. And that's what I anticipated the book was going to be about, Then I was a little confused why I was reading so much backstory about the main character's artist father and his death and her mother's career as a model. That was the first indication that I didn't really read the whole description of the book. I soon found myself in the midst of an art heist and a treasure hunt around Paris. Perhaps I should read the book synopsis more carefully, but perhaps not — this surprise worked out well!

This book had a bit of Dan Brown's history and chases to Europe's tourist sites, Tara Jenkins Reid's focus on the lives of the famous, and some of Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat, Pray, Love. What fun. I read this while I was watching the Winter Olympics, and I must admit that the book held my attention more!

Thanks to NetGalley for an advance copy of this book.

Lost and Found in Paris may be perfect for some readers, but I didn't really enjoy it. I tend to not be a fan of stories that feature characters that know the 'in' people and name drop celebrities as acquaintances of the protagonist and secondary characters. This book tends to thrive on that, with the story centered around thirty-ish woman who works for an art gallery and is the daughter of a famous artist and a supermodel. And mind you, the artist is not a painter, because that would be far to run-of-the-mill. No, he is an artist of light, killed during the 9/11 attacks. His death causes his wife to retreat from the world and for his daughter Joan, to marry a photographer who has a secondary career as a social climber. Not surprisingly, that doesn't end well for Joan so she's more than happy to head to Paris to see her friend Polly after accompanying sketches for a potential sales. The sketches go missing and off goes Joan on a treasure hunt around Paris to find them, along with her seatmate on the flight, Nate. Maybe this would have been interesting to me if Dolan created a Paris that was more atmospheric or created clues from the mysterious Blackbird that I could actually solve, but instead everything was closely tied in to her father and his love for Joan of Arc. I can't say that I was the biggest fan of the treasure hunt, but it at least felt like it was moving the story along. As the hunt draws to a close, it feels like the story goes off the rails some - the purpose behind it completely offbeat, and an ending to the story itself that felt unsatisfying. The premise was interesting but the book was underwhelming to me. Perhaps a lover of art or someone with more knowledge of Joan of Arc or Paris would find this story more enjoyable than me. A copy of this book was provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.