The Genevieve Lenard Connections

Genevieve Lenard #1-3

by Estelle Ryan

Masterful art crime. An unorthodox team. Unimaginable results.More than 1,100 pages of international art crime mysteries.Included in the box set #1 The Gauguin Connection Murdered artists. Masterful forgeries. Art crime at its worst.As an insurance investigator and world renowned expert in nonverbal communication, Dr Genevieve Lenard faces the daily challenge of living a successful, independent life. Particularly because she has to deal with her high functioning Autism. Nothing - not her studies, her high IQ or her astounding analytical skills - prepared her for the changes about to take place in her life.It started as a favour to help her boss' acerbic friend look into the murder of a young artist, but soon it proves to be far more complex. Forced out of her predictable routines, safe environment and limited social interaction, Genevieve is thrown into exploring the meaning of friendship, expanding her social definitions, and for the first time in her life be part of a team in a race to stop more artists from being murdered.#2 The Dante Connection Art theft. Coded messages. A high-level threat.Despite her initial disbelief, Doctor Genevieve Lenard discovers that she is the key that connects stolen works of art, ciphers and sinister threats.Betrayed by the people who called themselves her friends, Genevieve throws herself into her insurance investigation job with autistic single-mindedness. When hacker Francine appears beaten and bloodied on her doorstep, begging for her help, Genevieve is forced to get past the hurt of her friends' abandonment and team up with them to find the perpetrators.Little does she know that it will take her on a journey through not one, but two twisted minds to discover the true target of their mysterious messages. It will take all her personal strength and knowledge as a nonverbal communications expert to overcome fears that could cost not only her life, but the lives of many others.#3 The Braque ConnectionForged masterpieces. Hidden messages. A desperate swan song.When world-renowned nonverbal communication expert Doctor Genevieve Lenard wakes up in an unknown location, drugged and kidnapped, it pushes the limits of her autism coping skills.For the last year, Russian philanthropist and psychopath Tomasz Kubanov has been studying Genevieve just as she and her team have been studying him. Now forged paintings and mysterious murders are surfacing around her team, with evidence pointing to one of them as the killer.Genevieve knows Kubanov is behind these senseless acts of violence. What she doesn't understand are the inconsistencies between his actions and the cryptic messages he sends. Something has triggered his unpredictable behaviour, something that might result in many more deaths, including those she cares for.Because this time, Kubanov has nothing to lose.

Genres: Mystery, Fiction

Kindle Edition

First published December 22, 2013

About the author

Estelle Ryan was born in South Africa and spent her childhood being surrounded by African beauty, nature and diversity of cultures. Her first trip to Europe at the tender age of 16 transformed her world into a much larger place, endless in its possibilities and places to explore. For most of her adulthood she’s travelled all over the world, lived on a few continents, explored numerous cultures and still is insatiable in the quest to still the hunger for more life experiences.

She’s written for numerous international magazines, was the editor of a European lifestyle magazine and has seven romance novels published under a pseudonym. With her interest in international politics, arts, crime, behavioural psychology, criminal psychology and music, she decided to combine all these elements in her writing. And so Genevieve and the team came into being.

She is an unabashed coffeeshopaholic. Good coffee, ambience and music in the perfect combination is all that is required to turn a mundane coffee shop into her 'office'. The appropriate coffee shop is chosen depending on the mood, the weather, the type and amount of work that needs to be done, and of course the craving of the day. All of her books have been written in numerous coffee shops all over the world.

Reviews

[Charliene · Rating 5 out of 5]

A female autistic lead character, Genevieve Leonard, is brilliant. As in: her IQ is so high that she is considered a genius. Her character is thought out and gives an interesting view into an autistic brain and how she handles her everyday life. On top of that, she fights crime, meets very interesting people, and saves the world.

I liked these books so much that I bought and read the intire series (up till number 11 so far) in only 2,5 months!

[Carlos Alberto Alfaro · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gran personaje, excelentes desarrollos

Ingenioso, inesperado, el que lee se mete en la mente de esa discapacitada tan genial y valorable. Impactante y muy entretenidas tramas. Valiosos libros

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

So great to have a unique protagonist! In a genre that often tries to invent different villains it was exciting to read about a strong, atypical female hero.

[Jean DeBerry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome!!!


I truly enjoy this series and the outstanding portrayal of autism and how the character persists in her life, fraught with challenges.