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    <body><![CDATA[This one has a lot of buzz going for it. Fortunately, the buzz doesn't entirely rely on the Da Vinci-Codeness of the book. While it has the same art-as-clue premise, the action takes place in 1600s Holland, Nazi Germany, and the present day. The search for the provenance of The Chrysalis, a painting...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5504193">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The story was good, but the writing was way too flowery for my taste.  A bit predictable.  An easy read, though.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Though it deals with the interesting conundrum of the legality of returning Nazi confiscated artwork to original owners, the Chrysalis reads like a legal brief with a bit of obligatory romance and danger thrown in.  The suspense just never truly builds.  <br/>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A Dutch painting is the focus of this book which takes us back &amp; forth in time from present day to WWII to the 17th century.  I had a hard time with our heroine, a self-confident lawyer, who fell for an obvious scoundrel.  For heaven's sake, woman!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Good but not great legal thriller—very easy to read, but can get bogged down with the legal stuff.  Tells three separate stories about a 17th century Dutch painting that was taken by the Nazis/sold by a family during the holocaust. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[For such a short book, it's full of repetitive filler and the plot &quot;twists&quot; are anything but.  While Terrell may be an excellent lawyer, her fiction shows she might not want to give up her day job just yet.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A mystery of a painting that you follow through time.  There isn't any time travel, just history and mystery of a painting that is going up for auction. A quick read and very interesting. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The author had a great premise but couldn't decide whether to write a mystery or a romance novel...the indecision was jarring.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Art thriller...raises the ethical question of ownership after the War. Nicely developed characters, good view of the inside art world.]]></body>
    
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