Tuesday TBR: The Parisian Heist

It’s Tuesday, so I’m sharing a book that’s on my TBR (To Be Read) list with you!

You know I’m a fan of books, movies, and TV shows about the art world and white collar crime. So when I saw The Parisian Heist by Jo Piazza released this month, I immediately added it to my list.

I traveled to Paris in high school, so any book that takes me back to the streets and museums of the city is always a treat!

From the publisher:

Emma, a struggling American artist in Paris, thought she had left her dreams behind when she took a job cleaning for the city’s wealthy elite. Then she meets Stella Swanson, the widow of one of the most notorious art dealers in the business. The Swansons move in a world where billionaires, oligarchs, and heads of state pay fortunes for masterpieces. Drawn in by their dazzling wealth and the pull of a dangerously charming grandson, Emma becomes both a player and a pawn in a family battle to protect their empire and conceal its crimes.

In the late 1800s, the young widow Jo van Gogh inherits hundreds of paintings from her brother-in-law Vincent that the art world deems worthless. Determined to prove their genius, and to secure a future for herself and her young son, she becomes consumed by Vincent’s legacy. As her devotion deepens, a vanished painting and a thwarted love affair leave her unsure who she can trust and how much of herself she’s willing to lose in the process.

From glittering auction houses to the idyllic canals of Amsterdam and the grand museums of Paris, the lives of these two women converge as Emma uncovers the Swanson family’s darkest secrets and agrees to mastermind a daring heist inside the Musée d’Orsay. The stakes have never been higher, and these women refuse to be written out of history, no matter the cost.

Check out other books by Jo Piazza:

The Sicilian Inheritance

Everyone is Lying to You

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