This book is a little bit in danger of running away with itself, the premise itself is original, a truck load of drawing is discovered in mysterious circumstances in a long since deserted apartment. The art is passed onto an art dealer who just happens to be estranged from his father and deals with his Pa and friend. Strange things happen that end with the art dealer meeting up with and working on finding the artist with the help of a dying police officer. The loose ends are all tied up by the end of the book but somewhat disappointingly, attempts to redeem characters don't really ring true and although I was initially gripped to find the ending, when I did I was left a little flat.
The book is well written and the first three quarters are exciting, the historical interludes slow the pace down and will require the reader to hold in their head two sets of characters, and did in the end become a little tiresome.
I also found some of the characters a little stereotypical, particularly Marilyn.
For this reason I can only award 3/5
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