Search - Michelangelo's Notebook (Finn Ryan, Bk 1)

From Amazon.com's Reviews:
Life may imitate art...but death follows it.

While studying art history at New York University, brilliant and beautiful Finn Ryan makes a startling discovery: a Michelangelo drawing of a dissected corpse-supposedly from the artist's near-mythical notebook. But that very night, someone breaks into her apartment-murdering her boyfriend and stealing the sketches she made of the drawing. Fleeing for her life, Finn heads to the address her mother had given her for emergencies, where she finds the enigmatic antiquarian book dealer, Michael Valentine. Together, they embark on a desperate race through the city-and through the pages of history itself-to expose an electrifying secret from the final days of World War II-a secret that lies in the dark labyrinthine heart of the Vatican.

Mistry's Opinion: Not a favorite. It jumped around too much for me. I would have liked to see the heroine explored more. She had potential to be a great character, but it didn't get there for me. Worth a read if you like a mystery/thriller.

great read...lots of mystery surrounding a discovered Michelangelo sketch, looted art from WW2, and the Vatican...would recommend it!
-Mirah W.

If the author could quit obsessing about one of the main characters bodies, we might actually have a decent story. He has her pose nude and jump into bed with a man she met a few hours before "even though she knows it's not going anywhere". Any woman who actually does this does not behave in the manner this woman does. She goes from being independent and surviving on her own in NY to being totally dependent on this man she doesn't know. Amazing! Are we actually supposed to believe this? He describes her every bodily feature, but we are left wondering if she has a brain.
The other main character seems underdeveloped. He has no past, no future ambitions. You're not sure if he is anything other than an intelligent slug until our author decides to turn him into an action hero. Amazing!
I wouldn't read another of his books. I can usually finish this type of book in a few hours.... this one took me 4 days. I kept waiting for it to get better. I can not say who is the bigger fool, me or the person who wrote this book.

Very disappointing. the title is deceptive, the heroine annoying, the hero(?) cartoonish, and the ending is the reason for the 'very disappointing' remark.

First of Paul Christopher's I have read. I enjoyed it very much.

I loved this book - great read, really interesting.