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    The Trouble with Mirrors
    The Trouble with Mirrors
    The Trouble with Mirrors
    Audiobook8 hours

    The Trouble with Mirrors

    Written by Charlotte Elkins and Aaron Elkins

    Narrated by Kate Rudd

    3/5

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    About this audiobook

    Alix London, the art restorer and FBI consultant renowned as the Art Whisperer, can spot a counterfeit masterpiece before the paint even dries. What she can’t see is why an elite European art dealer would offer her big money for a little mirror that’s no more than a homemade gift from her beloved uncle Tiny. Not that Alix would part with it at any price. But when the mirror is abruptly stolen from her home, she realizes that someone sees more in the looking glass than mere sentimental value.

    When her uncle Tiny disappears mysteriously just after the mirror is stolen, the simple art theft becomes a personal and professional challenge Alix can’t ignore. With backup from her friends in the FBI, her game-for-anything pal Chris, and an aging-but-dogged Italian police detective, she delves into the puzzling case, only to find that there is much more to this theft than meets the eye. Once the Mafia shows up on the scene, Alix’s mission becomes a do-or-die race to find the one possible man with all the answers.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateOct 25, 2016
    ISBN9781531863616
    The Trouble with Mirrors
    Author

    Charlotte Elkins

    With their backgrounds in art scholarship, forensic anthropology, and psychology, Charlotte and Aaron Elkins were destined to be mystery writers. Between them, they’ve written thirty mysteries since 1982—garnering an Agatha Award for the best short story of the year, an Edgar Award for the year’s best mystery, and a Nero Wolfe Award for Literary Excellence, among other honors. The authors revel in creating intensively researched works that are as accessible and absorbing as they are sophisticated and stylish. In addition to writing the first three Alix London mysteries—A Dangerous Talent, A Cruise to Die For, and The Art Whisperer—they are also the authors of the Lee Ofsted golf mysteries, including A Wicked Slice, Rotten Lies, Nasty Breaks, Where Have All the Birdies Gone, and On the Fringe. Charlotte was born in Houston, Aaron in New York City, and they now reside on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula.

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    • 3/5
      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.