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"7 Great Heist Novels, Recommended by An Art Dealer" - CrimeReads



I am honored to see my art mystery, The Lover's Portrait, included on this list of "7 Great Heist Novels, Recommended by An Art Dealer", that was posted on CrimeReads' website in October!

The Lover's Portrait is in good company with novels by Iain Pears, Jeffrey Archer, Ian Rankin, Daniel Silva, Carson Morton, and Robert Brown Parker.

You can read the article here: https://crimereads.com/7-great-heist-...

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Happy release day, Death by Windmill: A Mother’s Day Murder in Amsterdam!

Happy release day, Death by Windmill: A Mother’s Day Murder in Amsterdam! Why not travel by book to the Netherlands this weekend?


A Mother’s Day trip to the Netherlands turns deadly when a guest plummets from a windmill. Was it an accident or a murder? For tour guide Lana Hansen, the answer will mean freedom or imprisonment for someone close to her.

Book 3 in my Travel Can Be Murder cozy mystery series is now available as eBook, paperback, and in Kindle Unlimited!

Amazon: http://getbook.at/DeathbyWindmill

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/deat...

The Travel Can Be Murder Cozy Mysteries are heartwarming stories about making friends, traveling, and celebrating new experiences. Join Lana as she leads tourists and readers to fascinating cities around the globe on intriguing adventures that, unfortunately for Lana, often turn deadly.

Don’t forget to pick up Books 1 and 2 – Death on the Danube and Death by Baguette – while you are there! Also available in Kindle Unlimited.

http://getbook.at/DeathOnTheDanube
http://getbook.at/DeathbyBaguette

New art history mystery - The Vermeer Deception!

Today is release day for my latest art history mystery, The Vermeer Deception!

I am quite excited to see it is now available on Amazon as paperback, eBook, and in Kindle Unlimited.

When I set the release date a year ago, I never could have imagined the global crisis we are facing. I hope my books bring a little solace – and perhaps even joy – to your life!

Here’s the description of The Vermeer Deception (Book Four in the Zelda Richardson Mysteries): An art historian finds – then loses – a portrait by Johannes Vermeer in this thrilling art mystery set in Munich, Heidelberg, and Amsterdam.

Here’s a universal eBook link:
http://getbook.at/TheVermeerDeception

Here are the paperback links:
Amazon COM: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08...

Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...

Amazon Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B086...

(Coming soon to other fine retailers)

The Vemeer Deception is book 4 in the Zelda Richardson Mystery series.

MARKED FOR REVENGE (BOOK 3)
Go on a whirlwind adventure through Europe and hunt for stolen art in Marked for Revenge: An Art Heist Thriller: http://getbook.at/MarkedForRevenge

THE LOVER'S PORTRAIT (BOOK 1)
Travel back to WWII Amsterdam and solve an art mystery with The Lover's Portrait: http://getbook.at/TheLoversPortrait

RITUALS OF THE DEAD (BOOK 2)
Visit Papua and the Netherlands in Rituals of the Dead: http://getbook.at/RitualsoftheDead

Travel By Book

My novels are mysteries and adventures designed to fuel your wanderlust. Available as eBook, paperback, audiobook, and FREE in Kindle Unlimited. I hope you enjoy your journey!



Travel to Budapest in style with Death on the Danube: http://getbook.at/DeathOnTheDanube

Visit Paris - the city of love, lights, and murder - with Death by Baguette: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08...

A Mother’s Day trip to the Netherlands turns deadly when a guest plummets from a windmill. Was it an accident or a murder? http://getbook.at/DeathbyWindmill

An art historian finds – then loses – a portrait by Johannes Vermeer in this thrilling art mystery set in Munich, Heidelberg, and Amsterdam.
http://getbook.at/TheVermeerDeception

Go on a whirlwind adventure through Europe and hunt for stolen art in Marked for Revenge: http://getbook.at/MarkedForRevenge

Travel back to WWII Amsterdam and solve an art mystery with The Lover's Portrait: http://getbook.at/TheLoversPortrait

Visit Papua and the Netherlands in Rituals of the Dead: An Artifact Mystery: http://getbook.at/RitualsoftheDead

Go on (mis)adventures in Nepal and Thailand with Down and Out in Kathmandu: http://getbook.at/DownandOutinKathmandu

Experience life as a volunteer in Nepal with Notes of a Naive Traveler: http://getbook.at/NotesofaNaiveTraveler

Travel to Costa Rica and Panama in Holiday Gone Wrong: http://getbook.at/HolidayGoneWrong

Short travel mystery - Holiday Gone Wrong

Need a shot of adrenaline to chase away the winter blues? You can pick up my short mystery adventure set in Costa Rica and Panama - HOLIDAY GONE WRONG - is only 99 cents!

Amazon COM: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CYZXXKQ/‬

Amazon worldwide: http://getbook.at/HolidayGoneWrong


Holiday Gone Wrong

Death by Baguette out on February 7!

Book Two in the TRAVEL CAN BE MURDER COZY MYSTERY series will be released on February 7!

Preorder Death by Baguette: A Valentine's Day Murder in Paris now and save!

Paris—the city of love, lights … and murder? Join tour guide Lana Hansen as she escorts five couples on an unforgettable Valentine-themed vacation to France! Unfortunately it will be the last trip for one passenger…
Death by Baguette eBook: http://getbook.at/DeathbyBaguette
Death by Baguette Amazon Paperback (available now): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0849YJD9Y

Don't forget to read Book One, Death on the Danube: A New Year's Murder in Budapest, first:
Who knew a New Year’s trip to Budapest could be so deadly? The tour must go on – even with a killer in their midst…
Death on the Danube eBook:
http://getbook.at/DeathOnTheDanube
Death on the Danube Amazon Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/170702894X/

Why not preorder Book Three, Death by Windmill: A Mother's Day Murder in Amsterdam, while you are there?
A Mother’s Day trip to the Netherlands turns deadly when a guest plummets from a windmill. Was it an accident or a murder? For Lana Hansen, the answer will mean freedom or imprisonment for someone close to her…
Preorder Death by Windmill and save:
http://getbook.at/DeathbyWindmill

Introducing the Travel Can Be Murder Cozy Mystery Series!

I am thrilled to introduce my newest creation, Lana Hansen – star of the Travel Can Be Murder Cozy Mystery Series!

Join Lana as she leads tourists and readers to fascinating cities around the globe on intriguing adventures that, unfortunately for Lana, often turn deadly.

I’ve been kicking around the idea for a new travel-themed cozy mystery series for about a year. It’s taken me awhile to flesh out the characters and world, but it has been a blast doing so!

This new series is shorter, lighter, and funnier than the Zelda Richardson Mysteries. The first three books are heartwarming stories about friendship, travel, and celebrating new experiences.

I do hope readers who enjoy my art-related thrillers will enjoy this new series as well! [Never fear, Zelda Richardson will be back in April 2020. Zelda’s on the trail of a missing Vermeer and her search leads her to Munich, Germany…]

Death on the Danube: A New Year’s Murder in Budapest





Who knew a New Year’s trip to Budapest could be so deadly? The tour must go on – even with a killer in their midst…

Recent divorcee Lana Hansen needs a break. Her luck has run sour for going on a decade, ever since she got fired from her favorite job as an investigative reporter. When her fresh start in Seattle doesn’t work out as planned, Lana ends up unemployed and penniless on Christmas Eve.

Dotty Thompson, her landlord and the owner of Wanderlust Travels, is also in a tight spot after one of her tour guides ends up in the hospital, leaving her a guide short on Christmas Day.

When Dotty offers her a job leading the tour group through Budapest, Hungary, Lana jumps at the chance. It’s the perfect way to ring in the new year and pay her rent!

What starts off as the adventure of a lifetime quickly turns into a nightmare when Carl, her fellow tour guide, is found floating in the Danube River. Was it murder or accidental death? Suspects abound when Lana discovers almost everyone on the tour had a bone to pick with Carl.

But Dotty insists the tour must go on, so Lana finds herself trapped with nine murder suspects. When another guest turns up dead, Lana has to figure out who the murderer is before she too ends up floating in the Danube…

Introducing Lana Hansen, tour guide, reluctant amateur sleuth, and unwitting star of the Travel Can Be Murder Cozy Mystery Series. Join Lana as she leads tourists and readers to fascinating cities around the globe on intriguing adventures that, unfortunately for Lana, often turn deadly.

Amazon COM: https://www.amazon.com/Death-Danube-M...

Amazon worldwide: http://getbook.at/DeathOnTheDanube

Amazon paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/170702894X

[[book:Death on the Danube: A New Year’s Murder in Budapest|48497063] will be available as paperback at non-Amazon retailers on November 28.]






Preorder Death by Baguette (Book 2 in the Travel Can Be Murder Cozy Mystery series) now on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08...

WWII & Art in Fiction

In the mood for a fascinating thriller or historical fiction novel about art and World War II?

Several of these thrilling reads involve amateur sleuths, investigative reporters, and art historians hot on the trail of missing Nazi-looted artwork – often with deadly results. Others provide a fascinating insight into the lives of artists affected by the war.

If you love art and are fascinated by WWII, you won’t want to miss these captivating reads by Jennifer S. Alderson, Pamela Allegretto, Anne Allen, S.L. Beaumont, Daniella Bernett, Kellie Butler, and Lynne Kennedy.

Most of these titles are also available as audiobook, paperback and in Kindle Unlimited. Don’t forget – books make great gifts!

Click here to read the blog post: http://jennifersalderson.com/2019/10/...

The Lover's Portrait
By Jennifer S. Alderson

A portrait holds the key to recovering a cache of looted artwork, secreted away during World War II, in this captivating historical art thriller set in the 1940s and present-day Amsterdam.

When a Dutch art dealer hides the stock from his gallery – rather than turn it over to his Nazi blackmailer – he pays with his life, leaving a treasure trove of modern masterpieces buried somewhere in Amsterdam, presumably lost forever. That is, until American art history student Zelda Richardson sticks her nose in.

After studying for a year in the Netherlands, Zelda scores an internship at the prestigious Amsterdam Historical Museum, where she works on an exhibition of paintings and sculptures once stolen by the Nazis, lying unclaimed in Dutch museum depots almost seventy years later. When two women claim the same painting, the portrait of a young girl entitled Irises, Zelda is tasked with investigating the painting’s history and soon finds evidence that one of the two women must be lying about her past. Before she can figure out which one it is and why, Zelda learns about the Dutch art dealer’s concealed collection. And that Irises is the key to finding it all.

Her discoveries make her a target of someone willing to steal – and even kill – to find the missing paintings. As the list of suspects grows, Zelda realizes she has to track down the lost collection and unmask a killer if she wants to survive.


Bridge of Sighs and Dreams
By Pamela Allegretto

Nazi-occupied Rome sets the stage for Bridge of Sighs and Dreams, where the lives of two women collide in an arena of deception, greed, and sacrifice.

Following an allied attack, Angelina Rosini flees to Rome from her bombed-out village and a ruthless Nazi officer bent on revenge. In Rome, the spirited portrait artist channels her creativity into the art of survival for herself and her young daughter. Unwilling to merely endure, and armed with ingenuity, wit, and unyielding optimism, she enters the shadow world of the Resistance where she zigzags through a labyrinth of compassionate allies and cunning spies.

Meanwhile, Lidia Corsini, Angelina’s sister-in-law, quenches her lust for power and wealth by turning in Jews to the ruthless Nazi Police attaché with whom she has formed an alliance. Her spiral into immorality accelerates as swiftly as the Jewish population dwindles, and soon neither her husband nor her son is immune to her madness.

Once Angelina discovers the consequences of Lidia’s greed, she conspires to put an end to the treacheries; but in doing so, she becomes the target of Lidia’s most sinister plot.

Bridge of Sighs and Dreams is a story of betrayal, dignity, and purpose that highlights the brutality toward Italian citizens, under both Mussolini’s Fascist regime and the Nazi occupation, and illustrates the tenacity of the human spirit.


The Betrayal
By Anne Allen

Treachery and theft lead to death – and love.

1940. Teresa Bichard and her baby are sent by her beloved husband, Leo, to England as the Germans draw closer to Guernsey. Days later they invade…

1942. Leo, of Jewish descent, is betrayed to the Germans and is sent to a concentration camp, never to return.

1945. Teresa returns to find Leo did not survive and the family’s valuable art collection, including a Renoir, is missing. Heartbroken, she returns to England.

2011. Nigel and his twin Fiona, buy a long-established antique shop in Guernsey and during a refit, find a hidden stash of paintings, including what appears to be a Renoir. Days later, Fiona finds Nigel dead, an apparent suicide. Refusing to accept the verdict, a distraught Fiona employs a detective to help her discover the truth…

Searching for the rightful owner of the painting brings Fiona close to someone who opens a chink in her broken heart. Can she answer some crucial questions before laying her brother’s ghost to rest? Who betrayed Leo? Who knew about the stolen Renoir? And are they prepared to kill – again?


The Carlswick Affair
By SL Beaumont

Who can she trust?

When 18-year-old student Stephanie Cooper investigates the mysterious circumstances surrounding her great aunt’s death, she discovers a painting thought stolen by the Nazis and destroyed during WWII, hanging in the home of the intriguing James Knox, guitarist with indie band, The Fury.

Now, as Stephanie gathers proof to unmask a thief and possible killer, she discovers that someone does not want her to uncover the secrets of her family’s past and that someone may kill to stop her.


A Checkered Past ~ An Emmeline Kirby/Gregory Longdon Mystery
By Daniella Bernett

A looted Nazi painting…A former IRA commander…The tie that binds is murder.

Emmeline Kirby is back in London determined to make a success of her new job as editorial director of investigative features at The Clarion. Three months have passed since her trip to Torquay and the devastating revelations that surfaced about her fiancé Gregory Longdon. The whole interlude has left a bitter taste in her mouth, and she is keeping him at arm’s length. But a suave and dashing jewel thief like Gregory is not easily daunted. After all, faint heart never won fair lady. It doesn’t hurt that Emmeline’s grandmother and her best friend, Maggie, are on his side. Only his shadowy past could ruin his chances.

All of these relationships are threatened as Emmeline stubbornly pursues a story about looted Nazi art and an IRA collaborator. When a stolen Constable painting belonging to Maggie’s family turns up in the collection of Max Sanborn, the chairman of the company that owns The Clarion, her personal crusade brings danger close to home. To find the truth, Emmeline and Gregory must untangle a web of deception, betrayal, and dark deeds. But will they learn too late that justice can be cold comfort if you’re dead?


Beneath a Moonless Sky
By Kellie Butler

Nothing good ever happens past twelve. When thirteen-year-old Lydia Cavert returns to Laurelhurst Manor, the wild, lush boyhood home of her beloved Papa, she rediscovers that its secret rooms and locked doors are more sinister than any London street.

Orphaned by the blitz of 1940, her guardian uncle Alistair and his circle of friends hold Lydie captive at the estate. Lydie must unravel a dark web of deceit, jealousy, and revenge to expose who really murdered her mysterious aunt on that fateful night in 1932. Will she restore her family’s name or suffer her aunt’s fate?

Set amidst the backdrop of the Second World War, Beneath a Moonless Sky is a suspenseful coming of age tale of the power of memory, innocence lost, redemption restored, and the triumph of light over darkness.


Deadly Provenance
By Lynne Kennedy

“Still Life: Vase with Oleanders” is a painting by Vincent van Gogh, believed to have been confiscated by the Nazis during the Second World War.

Today, almost seventy years later, world-renowned digital photographer, Maggie Thornhill is searching for the missing work of art. Her lifelong friend, Ingrid, has asked her to do the impossible — authenticate the painting from a photograph.

The photograph in question was passed down to Ingrid by her grandfather, Klaus Rettke a key member of the German Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg, the Nazi organization appointed to confiscate art from the Jews. Obscure references in Klaus Rettke’s diary convince Maggie that Rettke stole the painting from the Nazis. Now she must use science to verify that the painting in the photo is genuine, something that has never been done before.

From the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. to the Musée du Jeu de Paume in Paris, Maggie searches for answers. Finally, she confronts the possibility that there is not one painting, but the original and several forgeries. With tens of millions of dollars at stake and a killer at large, she is determined to find the authentic Van Gogh. To do so, Maggie must stay alive . . . something that’s proving difficult to do.

New audiobook and Prime Reading

I am thrilled to announce that Down and Out in Kathmandu is now an audiobook!

Perfect for lovers of travel, crime fiction, and (mis)adventures...

You can listen to it via Audible com, Amazon, iBooks, Audible UK, Audible Germany, or Audible France. It is also available as eBook, paperback, and in Kindle Unlimited.






And more good news for Prime Readers: The Lover's Portrait - my art mystery set in WWII and present-day Amsterdam - is still available in the US Prime Reading program! It should be in the US Prime program through the end of August.

Link to Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01EVVS0RI/

Link to Amazon worldwide:
http://getbook.at/TheLoversPortrait

If you aren't a member of Prime, you can always read it for free in Kindle Unlimited, or purchase it as eBook, paperback, or audiobook.



Happy reading (or listening).