good....a woman who heads a glass museum and a private detective....murder and love and art

I just like Krentz.

This classic Jayne Ann Krentz title is filled with her snappy dialog and intriguing characters.

Eugenia Swift is the director of the Leabrook Glass Museum in Seattle. She's smart, she's arty, and she has an amazing intuition about art and artists. Cyrus Chandler Colfax is a former cop turned private investigator.

When art collector Adam Daventry dies and leaves his collection to the Leabrook, Eugenia feels compelled to catalog the collection herself. She regrets introducing her friend Nellie to the collector who collected artists as lovers as well as their art. Eugenia as always thought of Daventry as a vampire who sucked all the good out of people. And when Nellie disappears in an apparent boating accident the day after Daventry is found dead at the bottom on a staircase in his Mansion on Frog Cove, Eugenia feels she needs to investigate.

Cyrus Chandler Colfax is hired to go along with her to protect her. He also has his own agenda, three years earlier, Cyrus's partner Damian Marsh tried to kill him, did kill his wife Katy, and absconded with a unique, ancient, and very precious glass cup known as the Hades Cup. Cyrus has been determined to track down Marsh and get justice for the death of his wife. He's heard that Daventry is currently in possession of the Hades Cup.

It was wonderful watching this couple discover that despite Cyrus's penchant for wearing very loud Hawaiian shirts and Eugenia dressing like a lady catburglar the two have more in common than they would have expected. They share core values and attitudes and are perfect for each other. Of course, the fact that both of them are stubborn and used to leading and wary of falling in love doesn't make the journey an easy one.

I liked the setting and all the information about glass. I liked both Eugenia and Cyrus very much and was pulling for them all the way.

Summer read of a romantic suspense novel.

DNF @ 44%

Audible

Great mystery, compelling characters, good romance.

Eugenia works for an art museum, and travels to a nearby island to evaluate the items of a recently deceased collector. There is also a private detective there looking into a missing object. They find love together in this abridged romantic suspense novel about the art world.

Older JAK is pretty standard but quick listen, enjoyable banter and has mystery, suspense and the typical quirky characters. Eugenia Swift is director of the Leafbrook Glass Museum she goes to inventory a collection donated to museum after the death of the owner. Her real reason is she thinks one of her employees who died right after the owner was murdered and she wants to know the truth.
Cyrus Chandler is hired to investigate the death of the owner. He is hawaiian shirt wearing laid back cynic who is secretly searching for his former partner that disappeared, left him for dead after stealing all the firms assets.
These two opposites are chalk and cheese and comical interacting together. They develop into more than business associates while investigating the possible murder.

I enjoyed this book--what's not to like about an aloha-shirt wearing PI? The world of glass art was fascinating, and the characters convincingly moved toward each other despite their initial and obvious differences. What surprised me was the fact there is a climax a good 40-50 pages before the final climax, and I'd never encountered that before. However, it allows both characters to solve their own problems and be the hero of their own situations.

Good characters but a little bit convoluted. Descriptions of the art were wonderful but hearing how intuitive Eugenia was and all of grand pappy Beau's sayings got a little old after a while.

a fun and fast paced read with sultry moments that make your hear skip a beat, the characters quirky personalities that make you feel closer to them. there were some imperfections but in all a very enjoyable read:)