R E K. (bigstone) - , reviewed on 6/23/2013 + 1438 more book reviews

Yes, I have enjoyed this series, but I am a bit tired of the format with the graduate student and her romance. I think that this portion is becoming tired and worn. However, the spy tale is intriguing although Willig had to throw a romance in that portion, too. It puts Laura Grey, a neophyte at spying, as a governess in the home of Andre Joauen. This is a role she is well qualified to occupy. Intrigue comes with the addition of a sinister colleague, Gaston DeLaroche, whose veiled threats are disturbing to the family.

The spy tale heats up when Laura encounters a childhood friend who painted her in one of his well known works. She was the girl with the yellow bird in Antoine Daubier's painting. He admired and called her parents friends. However, at a party in the home of Laura's employer, he is arrested for treason. In her efforts to search his flat and remove anything incriminating, Laura discovers the identity of prince the police are seeking.

When Antoine Daubier is arrested for treason, Laura discovers that Andre and Daubier have been hiding the prince. With Daubier's arrest, she becomes very worried about her old friend. Andre agrees to leave Paris under her guidance after he rescues the painter. In the prison, he finds a man unlike the one he calls friend. All the fingers on his painting hand have been broken and the knuckle crushed. The group leaves Paris with an traveling acting group. Yet there is more to this quick read but readers will need to discover the rest for themselves. Except, for the graduate student's romance, I quite enjoyed it.

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