false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1203797107m/2183985.jpg 2183985 7 Jill Breck was just doing her job as a river guide when she saved the life of Lane Faroe, son of two of St. Kilda Consulting's premier operators. But when a string of ominous events—including a mysterious fire that kills her great-aunt and a furor in the Western art world raised by a dozen Breck family paintings—culminates in a threat to her life, Jill reluctantly calls in a favor. Zach Balfour works part-time as a consultant for St. Kilda. His expertise is gathering and analyzing information from unlikely and often dangerous sources. Though he's got the skills to be a highly effective bodyguard, being a bullet catcher isn't his preferred way to spend time. Protecting Jill will take him into familiar territory—among a strange, savagely competitive bunch of collectors who'll do anything to stay at the top. But Jill is in deeper waters than she's ever known; as she soon discovers, the perils of running wild rivers are tame compared with the hidden dangers in the high-stakes game of art collecting. From the cozy rooms of the Breck homestead cabin to the cold multimillion-dollar galleries of the Western art circuit, Zach and Jill must race against time to unmask a ruthless killer hidden in a blue smoke of money, threats, lies, and death.... 6767859 book 1 6 2008 Blue Smoke and Murder (St. Kilda Consulting, #4) total:318|5:51|4:117|3:107|2:34|1:9| 318 1121 448 56 4 1 false false Sun Sep 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 15 15:15:02 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 15 15:38:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Aug 02 13:46:20 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 14:09:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 20:12:28 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 20:19:10 -0700 2009
Listened to this on my way to Mansfield and back and I very much enjoyed it. It was more thriller than romance, and that's okay, good even since Ron was listening to it as well. As a matter of fact, we disagree on how exactly the book should be categorized, he does...more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Nov 04 13:28:12 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 13:28:12 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 21:44:52 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 11 13:23:46 -0700 2008 Great all round read]]> 0 0 false false Wed Jan 21 19:33:44 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 19:36:09 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 08:19:34 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 08:21:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 07:09:08 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 17:40:00 -0700 2009
I did like the ending of the book (I'm not trying to be funny here). The ending ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 16 11:40:07 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 22 06:37:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jun 13 11:46:40 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 13 11:47:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 31 10:57:23 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 31 17:13:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 13:08:43 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 13:12:50 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 21:36:40 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 10 22:07:49 -0800 2009
The setup is somewhat implausible, but I can deal with that. I think that events flow fairly reasonably once you accept it. Elizabeth Lowell is good at the thriller side ...more...]]> 3 0 false true Tue Jun 02 15:58:41 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 12:58:35 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 15:58:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Sep 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 04:40:59 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 04:46:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon May 04 18:36:59 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 18:38:15 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 08:50:15 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 08:51:32 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 08:39:56 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 08:45:37 -0700 2009
I really enjoy the books with the art/history intrigue in them (The Donovan Family, Rarities Unlimited, and now St. Kilda.)

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