Great conclusion to a delightful series. I just wish there were more. This series has been fun and intriguing. I enjoy the look into the art world. Alix is a great heroine and very knowledgeable. This was an entertaining and fast read.

This book was a thrill ride of a read. I only regret that I didn't read it earlier. Alix London is a renowned art consultant who works with the FBI - but who also has the dubious honor of being the daughter of a famous art forger. When her photo appears on an international art magazine, her world gets weird. Her apartment is broken into and her favorite gift from her Uncle Beni (aka Tiny) is stolen. She has no idea why since Tiny made the piece, featuring a mirror surrounded by cherubs just for her.
Then, Tiny disappears and seems to have simply evaporated. The trail twists and turns and leads Alix and her friend Chris across the country trying to solve the mystery and to make sure that Tiny is safe.

This book is sure to keep you reading and entertained right up until the ending.

I admit to being a fan of this unusual protagonist. This is a well written series (don't worry - all of the installments are fine as standalone) with good characters and tricky plots.

History time: I have been reading Charlotte and Aaron Elkins forever. I have quite a few paperbacks and a couple of hardcovers, mostly discovered at library sales and suchlike. I never read any of this series, though, the Alix London series; I don't know why I never came across them. I know I always enjoyed the books back in the day; they're light, somewhat clever, often art-related, and I always found them fun.

My relationship with the authors hasn't really aged well, I guess. I really didn't enjoy this. The writing was perfectly fine – the authors are extremely experienced, and it shows – but it all just felt over-wrought and over-worked. Like bread dough, kneaded too much. The involvement in the plot of the Mafia didn't help – any kind of International Conspiracy or mob plot developments always leave me completely cold.

It also might be better to read the series in order. This is the fourth book, and maybe it would take reading the other three for me to feel any kind of connection to any of the characters, or care at all what happened to them or what they did. It was chock full of the requisite number of quirky cozy mystery characters, but I unfortunately did not find them engaging.

I remember the books I used to read as light and frothy and fun. This was light, but the froth was a bit flat, and I just didn't have much fun. Maybe one of these days I'll go back and see how those other books hold up.

The usual disclaimer: I received this book via Netgalley for review.

I enjoyed this fast read, courtesy of NetGalley. This is a good book for lovers of art and mystery. I was surprised how much I enjoyed it, even though the mystery didn't surround a murder or some lunatic killer.
Alix London is the female art expert, commissioned by the FBI to evaluate pieces of art for fraud. When a piece disappears from her apartment, she is determined to find out what happened to it and to its creator!

This is only my second "Alix London Mystery" although it's the fourth in the series, and already I'm a convert and tremendous fan. Although probably considered to be a 'cozy' mystery - something I'm generally not too excited about - there is plenty of grit and excitement here. And as I wrote about in my review of <em>The Art Whisperer</em>, the subject matter of fine art, and a 'detective' who has a knack for spotting art forgeries is a subject that seems quite topical and one that I can really get excited about.

Alix London has really started to make a name for herself as 'The Art Whisperer' and she is featured in an art magazine that is read world-wide. What she didn't expect was that a photo of her in her home would grace the cover of the magazine.

Even before the magazine gets into circulation in the United States, Alix receives a call from an art dealer in Italy inquiring about a framed mirror in the background of the photo. The dealer has a client interested in either purchasing the mirror or having another one made. Alix informs the dealer that the mirror was a gift from a family friend, "Tiny" Abbatista, and is not for sale. In short time, Alix's house is burgled with the mirror in its frame the only thing taken. When Alix looks to let Tiny know about this, she discovers that he has disappeared and no one knows where he might have gone. So begins Alix's discovery of her friend Tiny and the artwork in her own home.

This is a quaint, perhaps even simple mystery. The end is visible from a little ways off, but the journey is still worth taking because what makes this story so much fun is the development of the characters. Alix London is truly a character that is interesting has some depth that we are still just beginning to touch upon. Her art world is full of strange and compelling characters - from the Mafia we see here, to people like Tiny who has a much deeper story than we might have suspected.

There's some romance here, though this is a sub-plot that's been developing over the course of the series (that I've read). It was not quite as interesting to me, but it's in the background enough to not bother me too much.

This is great beach reading or fall sitting-on-the-porch reading.

Looking for a good book? <em>The Trouble With Mirrors</em> by Charlotte and Aaron Elkins is an interesting mystery with wonderful characters and a subject that is unique and very real.

I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher, through Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review.

I don't know if it is because I've read quite a lot of mystery/thriller genre that I expected more from this book or because I didn't realize that it is a part of a series until I reread the synopsis before diving in the book.

The book is okay. The pacing is good and at some point it keeps you at the edge of your seat. But I somehow predicted the plot twist and I'm not surprise with the big reveal and maybe that's what put me off this book. But I wouldn't deny that I enjoy it although I feel like it lacked something.

the plot seemed contrived, and failed to really hold my interest. But we have loyal patrons that keep these books flowing through our system I just didn't appeal to me

An interesting story that keeps readers guessing. The plot was good and the characters interesting. I enjoyed it.