A Discerning Eye

3.5 🌟 When we first meet Portia Malatesta, an art dealer, she has just lost her brother Antonio, an artist. They had loved studying the paintings at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, especially Vermeer’s 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵. After Antonio’s death, as she stepped into the gallery, it was “𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘰’𝘴 𝘴......more

I recently read it as a part of my Halloween tbr and I totally enjoyed it. The storyline is definitely well woven but I do think there were few loose ends here and there. Whenever I read a book like this actually enjoying the second half more, but it was completely opposite here, I loved the first h......more

This book was based on something that happened in the author's life when 13 pieces of art were stolen from her favorite art museum. And, I loved how the book offered such a rich art history that was at its core. This art heist story kicks off a sting operation that involves Interpol, the FBI, the Ma......more

Portia Malatesta is an art dealer who was utterly devastated by the theft of thirteen pieces of art from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum where she is a docent.  Portia is even more upset that The Concert, a piece that reminded Portia of her deceased brother, Antonio is one of the missing pieces.......more

Although based on a true event, this enjoyable book is pure fiction. Portia is an art dealer who is also a docent at Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. When thirteen works of art are stolen, Portia is devastated, especially because one of the pieces was special to her and her deceased brother.......more