- Girl in Hyacinth Blue - Susan Vreeland
This book is definately a quick read. It begins with a guy who owns a Vermeer, but cannot authenticate the artist because the painting would be taken away from him. He received it from his father who had taken it from the home of a Jewish family during World War II after rounding the family up for the trains on Black Thursday. Then, each chapter tells the story of the previous owner, how they obtained the painting and how the painting passed to the next person. It's a little awkward to work your way back along the timeline, randomly picking up in the middle of someone's life, but it's an interesting technique. I was entertained, but I'd recommend The Passion of Artimisia over this one.
