Review: Stirring, Well Written Thriller
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 16, 2012
Seb Kirby has written a fast paced thriller, full of twists and turns. His research is extensive into the worlds of art and art restoration, police procedural matters, and several famous Italian cities. One of his accomplishments is that his erudition is worn lightly - the reader is not preached at. The writing becomes surer as the  story proceeds, which it does in logical fashion. Several twists had me thinking, "I wish I'd thought of that!," and the complicated attempt to bring down a Mafia type clan, no sure thing at the outset, is skillfully and believably set forth. I would only suggest an occasional change of the emotional pace - the more to entrap the reader, if you will - and a few more details about the settings, to distinguish the Italian locations more clearly from each other. This is a fine effort, and I look forward to more stirring tales from Mr. Kirby.