Friday, February 27, 2015

The Gauguin Connection

The Gauguin Connection by Estelle Ryan  426 pp.

This is the first book in mystery series featuring and narrated by insurance investigator Dr. Genevieve Lenard. Genevieve is a world renowned expert in nonverbal communication, has a genius I.Q and amazing analytical skills. However great her abilities, social and business interaction are difficult because she must also cope with her high functioning autism. Most of her work is done sitting at computers for hours at a time analyzing a wide range of information. To relax and rejuvenate her thought processes she transcribes Mozart compositions from memory, sometimes for hours at a time. When assisting in an investigation for a government agency, Genevieve finds herself in a situation that complete disrupts her incredibly organized life and forces her to deal with people on a level she has always avoided. Soon she's deep into investigating stolen weapons, forged artworks, murdered artists/forgers, and a charitable foundation that somehow connects it all. It is Genevieve's thought processes and how she deals with them that make this a page turner. This was a free Kindle download from BookBub but it introduced me to a series I will probably continue reading.

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