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If It's Tuesday It Must Be Guatemala
Former homicide detective Joe DeFranco poses as an art dealer to hide his covert mission to ferret out the source of bogus Pre-Colombian artifacts for the FBI Art Crime Division. Two weeks of luxury cruising from Key West to Lima, Peru – that’s what Saint Morley University alumni were promised. Within days, two are dead and a crewman is found murdered in a lifeboat. Joe is charged with finding the killer before he can strike again. Thrown into the murky black market art world, Joe is forced to ask the What’s more important? –Catching the bad guys or preserving a culture’s heritage for posterity?
267 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 29, 2018
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March 26, 2021
It kept me up all night!
There was constant tension in the book. Someone being murdered, art stolen by the Nazis, Precolumbian art fakes being traded, real Precolumbian art being sold, and a love story, as well as dealing with grief. There was one loose end. What happened to the real piece of Precolumbian art?
There was constant tension in the book. Someone being murdered, art stolen by the Nazis, Precolumbian art fakes being traded, real Precolumbian art being sold, and a love story, as well as dealing with grief. There was one loose end. What happened to the real piece of Precolumbian art?
May 13, 2024
If It’s Tuesday It Must Be Guatemala by M. A. Moore is an informative murder mystery set on the Sea Star of the West cruise ship journeying along Central America, through the Panama Canal, and along South America, Pacific Coast. I learned so much about Central and South America, cultural artifacts, and art history of some of the masters. Moore is a truly knowledgeable author.
The characters are fully visualized, with detailed backstories. The story moves along crisply. Our protagonist on this journey is Joe DeFranco, a former Philadelphia homicide detective who is working for the FBI now as an undercover art expert trying to find the source of bogus Pre-Colombian artifacts. When murder happens on the ship, the captain asks for Joe’s assistance.
Moore delves into the underbelly of the art world. A believable plot comes alive with Joe discovering the importance of cultural artifacts for its people. Important themes lie in this murder mystery. From trying to return stolen artworks by the Nazis to the rightful owners’ heirs, to saving indigenous people’s history and cultural artifacts for future generations. Four murders happen during the story. And like any good cozy, Moore ties up all the loose ends. What a great mystery.
The characters are fully visualized, with detailed backstories. The story moves along crisply. Our protagonist on this journey is Joe DeFranco, a former Philadelphia homicide detective who is working for the FBI now as an undercover art expert trying to find the source of bogus Pre-Colombian artifacts. When murder happens on the ship, the captain asks for Joe’s assistance.
Moore delves into the underbelly of the art world. A believable plot comes alive with Joe discovering the importance of cultural artifacts for its people. Important themes lie in this murder mystery. From trying to return stolen artworks by the Nazis to the rightful owners’ heirs, to saving indigenous people’s history and cultural artifacts for future generations. Four murders happen during the story. And like any good cozy, Moore ties up all the loose ends. What a great mystery.
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