Romancing the Readers

Manhattan is filled with galleries and deep-pocketed collectors who can make an artist's career with a wave of a hand. But one man toils in obscurity, his brilliance unrecognized while lesser talents bask in the glory he believes should be his. Come tomorrow, he vows, the city will be buzzing about his work. Indeed, before dawn, Lt. Eve Dallas is speeding toward the home of the two gallery owners whose doorway has been turned into a horrifying crime scene overnight. A lifeless young woman has been elaborately costumed and precisely posed to resemble the model of a long-ago Dutch master, and Dallas plunges into her investigation. For me Eve, Roarke and the gang are a comfort read. This series just relaxes me. You know, like going to sleep watching the ID Channel. I love the characters we get to visit with book after book. Plus whom doesn't enjoy watch Eve kick butt? The ego of some is kind of crazy and that's how I felt with this killer. I will say that this story murders we...