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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780061656088
ISBN number: 0061656089
Label: Harper
Manufacturer: Harper
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 352
Printing Date: August 01, 2008
Publishing house: Harper
Release Date: July 29, 2008
Sale Popularity Level: 59960
Studio: Harper
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Art historian Vicky Bliss may be blond and beautiful, but looks can be deceiving. She also has the brain of an Einstein, the reckless courage of a test pilot—and no one's more savvy about fine works of art. For example: the gold pendant her boss at Munich's National Museum is currently dangling in front of her. It's an exquisite replica of a Charlemagne talisman—and it was found, along with a note written in hieroglyphs, sewn into the suit pocket of an unidentified man lying dead in an alley.
There's a murderous puzzle to unravel—and Vicky will start by hunting down the master craftsperson who created the magnificent piece, even if the search carries her to the ends of the Earth. Instead, it's pointing her toward Rome, the most romantic city in the world. But it's also pulling her into a treacherous game of intrigue where the stakes could not be higher: Vicky's life!
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An OK read, but hard to take seriously a heroine so foolish as to repeatedly put herself in danger for little reason. Some excitement, but not really a page turner (little is at stake and not much reason to care about the characters). Hard to see how so many gave it 5 stars when there are so many much better mysteries out there (by this author and others).
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The second Vicky Bliss book, this novel introduces us to the suave, debonair art thief, John Smythe. Vicky is intrigued when an amazing jewelry forgery shows up in Munich, where she is working for the National Museum. She decides to travel to Rome to see if she can figure out who is behind this. What she finds is a hotbed of intrigue, forgery and murder.
This is my second favorite of the Vicky Bliss novels (my favorite is the last). It is well written and Vicky is a wonderful, liberated woman.
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Elizabeth Peters excels once again at fun, suspenseful, comedic mysteries with this series. I could not put down this book. This is a great read!
As soon as I finished this book, I immediately went to the library and read the 4th and 5th in the series (I couldn't even wait to read the 3rd!) and I couldn't put them down either!! You'll stay up late just to finish them and love every minute of it!
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It's been a long time since I've picked up a mystery book, and enjoyed it so much! I was up till 3 in the morning reading, I couldn't put it down. I loved the author's style- very brisk and believable, with humour and romance in all the right places. Plenty of adventure and danger too. Basically Vicky goes to Rome to find the creator of fraud jewelry. There she meets her match in "John Smythe". Whose side is he really on? And how is Vicky supposed to solve the mystery with such a distraction? I can't wait to read the other books in the series.
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It's been awhile since I've read a book that I've taken such delight in. Vicky Bliss is a methodical detective much like Mary Russell from the Laurie R. King series. In "Street of the Five Moons", Vicky meets her match in "John Smythe", secretary to a nobleman and art collector, who strongly resembles Dorothy L. Sayers' Lord Peter Wimsey. His playful evasiveness is a delightful foil for Vicky's determination. Peters describes Germany and Italy like she's a longtime resident and makes clever allusions to more than a few literary classics.
"Street of the Five Moons", like many series' second books, seems stronger than the very first installment and has more compelling characters. Vicky's asides to the reader are also a fun device. I look forward to finishing this series and strongly recommend "Street of the Five Moons".
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