Review: Work of Art.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 14, 2012
Take no More is a master plot. It has the best twist and plot shock I've come across in a long while!Set in Florence, Venice and London, not only is it an artful murder mystery but a lot of the subject matter concerning the old classic's and their history; is based on fact.Julia Blake is an art conservator, hoping to find a famous classic. I was interested to learn that many of these `lost' paintings, such as the one featured in the story `Leda and the Swan' were very often painted over to save them from being destroyed. Julia is using a newly developed scanning technique, desperate for a breakthrough in her career.When James Blake finds his wife murdered, there begins a complicated unravelling of her work and James becomes caught up with the powerful, dangerous Italian family Julia was working for.The locations are wonderful. I do like to get a feel for a place so I would have loved more of the rich grandeur of Venice and Florence to have come through in the narrative, but that's just me.A great story, and thoroughly recommended.