Mystery in Marseille: A Bite-Sized Art Heist Mystery
Sophie's Adventures
by
Nupur Tustin
About Mystery in Marseille
Mystery in Marseille: A Bite-Sized Art Heist Mystery (Sophie's Adventures)
Travel Cozy Mystery
3rd in Series
Setting - Marseille, France
Publisher: Foiled Plots Press (October 18, 2024)
Paperback: 168 pages
Digital ASIN: B0DJK8MLSY
A holiday in France; an art thief on the run! Art sleuth Sophie must stay a step ahead of a brash criminal . . .
A rare Matisse in Marseille provides a convenient cover for undercover art sleuth Sophie Poisson’s covert romantic plans in the city.
But when the painting is unexpectedly stolen, Sophie finds herself chasing an art thief instead of romance.
With a wily thief one step ahead of her and her undercover partner, Uncle Arthur, out of town, can Sophie devise a strategy to recover the Matisse before it sails out of Marseille, never to be seen again?
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About Nupur Tustin
A former journalist with a Ph.D. in Communication, Nupur Tustin orchestrates murder in the historical Joseph Haydn Mystery series and paints intrigue in her contemporary Celine Skye Psychic Mystery series, based on the true story of the unsolved Gardner Museum theft. Travel, disguises, and stolen art form the basis of undercover art sleuth Sophie’s adventures in the Sophie’s Adventure series.
Review
4 stars!
A good art heist mystery for a fun, quick, entertaining
story.
Mystery in Marseille is the third entry in author
Nupur Tustin’s artworld mystery series, Sophie’s Adventures, and it is a
fun, quick, and relaxing story to enjoy with your feet up and you’re ready to
be entertained. When a little-known Matisse painting is stolen from the Musée
Cantini in Marseille, Sophie and her friend Nicole are on the case and hot on
the trail of the thief.
Sophie and Nicole are best friends, and they finagle
themselves a work trip to Marseille, ostensibly to safeguard a valuable Matisse
on loan to the local Musée Cantini from Nicole’s employer, the Musée D’Orsay.
In reality, the girls want a vacation, and Sophie’s boyfriend, FBI Special
Agent Joe Wright, just happens to be in Marseille at an Interpol conference.
But upon arriving at the Cantini, they are alarmed to hear that the Matisse has
gone missing and is presumed stolen! The girls employ a variety of disguises
and wigs, including impersonating the local gendarmes and Interpol agents, as
they quickly get a break in the case. As a bonus, because their suspect has
joined the same tour bus group as the girls, readers are treated to some of
Marseille’s history courtesy of the tour guide. In addition, the narrative
provides interesting tidbits about other famous artists and their works as the
pair visits art museums and galleries in pursuit of their quarry.
Sophie and Nicole are a fun pair and, while best friends,
quite different from each other. Sophie tends to be quiet and conservative
while chafing under the constant supervision of her guardian and cousin,
Capitaine Pierre Poisson of the Calais Police. Her ride-or-die, Nicole, is a
free-spirited, passionate person. While they make a great team, their
investigation is wild and loose, and they continue to snoop even after being
warned off by people they respect, risking blowing an ongoing undercover
operation working on the same case. In the end, the resolution is appropriate and
simple, and Sophie and Joe may finally get to enjoy some time together.
I recommend MYSTERY IN MARSEILLE to cozy mystery readers,
especially fans of the previous books in the series and those who are
interested in art or the Marseille setting.
*See my reviews of THE POMPADOUR NECKLACE, (Sophie's Adventure, #1) and THEFT IN SLEEPY HOLLOW, (Sophie's Adventure, #2) HERE!
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