I really wanted to love this book. I went to art school in Boston, love the MFA and the Gardner, and like the rest of the world was sickened (and fascinated) by the thefts and subsequent investigation. Unfortunately, this book was so populated with unlikeable characters and plot "twists" you could see coming from a mile away, I just couldn't enjoy it. Claire was so wishy-washy, and Markel too smooth. I would have liked more of the Belle story mixed in, maybe shifting between time periods instead of the letters. (side note: where did they come from? If all her letters were burned, how were we reading them??) Overall a disappointment.