The Case of the Missing Botticelli by @MarilynBaron is a Cozy Mystery Event pick #cozymystery #cozy
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    • Oct 12, 2022
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The Case of the Missing Botticelli by @MarilynBaron is a Cozy Mystery Event pick #cozymystery #cozy



Title: The Case of the Missing Botticelli


Author: Marilyn Baron


Genre: Cozy Mystery


Book Blurb:


In this cozy mystery, American art history major Hadley Evans joins an art detective agency in Florence, Italy, working for Massimo Domingo, once a major player, now the ‘Inspector Clouseau’ of the art world. Determined to save the flailing agency and prove her worth, Hadley and her sexy Carabinieri boyfriend, Luca Ferrari, take on a mysterious client behind her boss’s back. Hot on the trail of a missing masterpiece, they discover a hidden cache of stolen Nazi art in a Venetian villa and encounter an enemy with a link to an evil past.


Excerpt:


Hadley wrote down the phone number and her jaw went slack when she heard and inscribed the rest of the message. “Tell him it’s about a missing Botticelli. It’s urgent.”


A shot of adrenelin coursed through Hadley’s veins. Sandro Botticelli. Her favorite artist in the whole world. Creator of the Italian masterpiece, Nascita di Venere, The Birth of Venus, the ancient Goddess of Love, dated circa 1484. She wasn’t aware a Botticelli painting was missing.


“Is there any additional information you can give me? The name of the painting? The provenance? Capito. I understand the need for utmost secrecy. We can set up a meeting and I’ll make sure Signore Domingo will be there.”


She jotted down some more notes. “Piazzale Michelangelo? At sunset?”


Hadley tilted her head and chewed on her bottom lip. That was a strange destination for a business meeting. Although it offered the most scenic view of the city, perched atop a hillside overlooking Florence, meeting at a park after dark was reminiscent of a murder scene in a film noir. Where the heroine, Hadley, would later be found, dead, her virtue compromised and her throat slit.


Was the female caller from a museum? A high-end gallery? An auction house? Was she an art or antiquities dealer or a wealthy private individual or was she representing a government agency? And, if so, which government? Enemy or ally? She would soon find out.


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What makes your featured book a must-read?


The Case of the Missing Botticelli, a humorous and suspenseful cozy mystery, whisks you away to exciting locations—Florence, Venice and Lake Como, Italy. Tracking stolen art in gorgeous Italian villas…secrets and danger. The author studied art history in Florence, Italy, for six months in college and has visited the settings in the book numerous times.


There are two Massimo Domingo Mysteries within this book: The Case of the Missing Botticelli and The Case of the Vanishing Vermeer. Baron is currently contracted for Book 3: The Case of the Forgotten Fragonard, set in Rome and Florence.


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Author Biography:


Marilyn Baron writes in a variety of genres from women’s fiction to historical romantic thrillers and romantic suspense to cozy mysteries. She’s received writing awards in Single Title, Suspense Romance, Novel with Strong Romantic Elements and Paranormal/Fantasy Romance. She was also The Finalist in the 2017 Georgia Author of the Year Awards (GAYA) in the Romance Category for her novel, Stumble Stones, and The Finalist for the 2018 GAYA Awards in the Romance category for her novel, The Alibi. She was nominated in 2022 for the GAYA Awards in the Romance category for her novel, The Romanov Legacy. Her latest novel, The Case of the Missing Botticelli: A Massimo Domingo Mystery, released January 24, 2022, is her 28th work of fiction. A public relations consultant in Atlanta, Marilyn is past co-chair of Roswell Reads and serves on the Atlanta Authors Series Committee. To find out more about what Marilyn writes, visit her website at: www.marilynbaron.com/.


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