I must say I quite enjoyed this book, but as I was an art history major that's not exactly a surprise. I'm also glad I read this after having the chance to visit the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum in Boston as the settings were that much more vivid for me. The other aspects I enjoyed were the layerings of forgeries, the technical research and descriptions of the craft involved in painting, the politics of museums and galleries and the art world in general. All had a ring of truth to them. If it weren't for these aspects I doubt the storyline or the characters would have held my interest for long.