A Fool and His Monet by Sandra Orchard is the 1st novel in her Serena Jones series of chick-lit-flavoured humorous contemporary mystery starring the eponymous plucky stolen art recovery sleuth who's joined an FBI team in the hopes one of its cases will lead her to the art thief who murdered her grandfather, this adventure seeing her investigating a local museum's missing masterpiece, free for a limited time courtesy of Christian publisher Baker's Revell imprint.
This is B&N's featured Free Fridays selection. One of the customer reviews mentions that this is on the inspirational “lite” side, with minor faith practice mentions and no explicit religiosity, in case more secularly-oriented readers were interested in giving it a go. YMMV.
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Description
Serena Jones has a passion for recovering lost and stolen art--one that's surpassed only by her zeal to uncover the truth about the art thief who murdered her grandfather. She's joined the FBI Art Crime Team with the secret hope that one of her cases will lead to his killer. Now, despite her mother's pleas to do something safer--like get married--Serena's learning how to go undercover to catch thieves and black market traders.
When a local museum discovers an irreplaceable Monet missing, Jones leaps into action. The clues point in different directions, and her boss orders her to cease investigating her most promising suspect. But determined to solve the case and perhaps discover another clue in her grandfather's murder, she pushes ahead, regardless of the danger.
With spunk, humor, and plenty of heart-stopping moments, Sandra Orchard gives readers an exciting string of cases to crack and a character they'll love to watch solve them.