Venetian Holiday: A Novel

by David Campbell

Kate Fujimori is a cat burglar living in Europe after she and her husband (the infamous art thief known as the Professor) were forced to flee the States. Estranged from her husband -- who is now living a life of contemplation in a Shinto temple in Japan -- Kate has continued on as the art world's preeminent thief. Next on her wish list is the Lotti Mona Lisa, a Leonardo da Vinci forgery worth millions and on exhibit in northern Italy. But once in Venice, Fujimori's assumed "holiday" becomes complicated when another group of art thieves set their sights on the same target; an assassin named Robie (an homage to Cary Grant's cat burglar character of John Robie in 1955's To Catch a Thief?) closes in on her; and she falls for a mysterious Italian man who is addicted to post-WWII American movies -- and happens to be a local police detective.

240 pages, Hardcover

First published June 13, 2006

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[Danielle Gawronski · Rating 2 out of 5]

While easy to read. It just wasn't interesting. There were subplots thrown in that didn't mesh well with the rest of the book. It felt forced. The idea was fun , but could have been better