Art Kills

by Eric Van Lustbader

Tess Chase investigates the circumstances surrounding a lost Rembrandt stolen from a hit-and-run victim's briefcase.

Genres: Mystery, Crime

87 pages, Paperback

First published March 2, 1999

About the author

Eric Van Lustbader was born and raised in Greenwich Village. He is the author of more than twenty-five best-selling novels, including The Ninja, in which he introduced Nicholas Linnear, one of modern fiction's most beloved and enduring heroes. The Ninja was sold to 20th CenturyFox, to be made into a major motion picture. His novels have been translated into over twenty languages.

Mr. Lustbader is a graduate of Columbia College, with a degree in Sociology. Before turning to writing full time, he enjoyed highly successful careers in the New York City public school system, where he holds licenses in both elementary and early childhood education, and in the music business, where he worked for Elektra Records and CBS Records, among other companies.

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Reviews

[✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ (former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans) · Rating 2 out of 5]

Un très court roman simili-policier agréable à lire, même s'il ne me laissera pas un souvenir impérissable.

[Karen · Rating 1 out of 5]

The plot of this novella is basically that an art restorer is caught up in the midst of a feud between rival members of a crime family over a rediscovered Raphael painting. The book tries too hard to be traditional hard-boiled American crime fiction, and the big change, the female main character, means this fails dramatically as no effort is placed into making the character sound or act like a woman. And there is no emotion in the book so the ending had minimal impact.

But I liked the cover.

[Barbara Bengston · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well written and kept my interest.

[JW van der Merwe · Rating 3 out of 5]

A short crime novel set around another painting being rediscovered. The Art restorer (she) is the first person storyteller and she is only through all this discovering her own sexual awakening. This is almost written in a very sympathetic way but at times one is caught by thinking this is exactly how a man would have reacted. And the author is a man; nevertheless a relaxing read with some references to some artworks.

[Thomas · Rating 1 out of 5]

Wow, this was bad. Like, awful. Bad, bad, bad. BAD.

[David Vanness · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wanted to give it 3.25 stars.