Searching for Edgar's Five Dancers

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Pub Date 17 Jun 2019 | Archive Date 06 Sep 2019

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It’s Santa Fe, New Mexico in the early 1940’s - full of smuggled art, USSR spies, and FBI agents.

In the midst of it all is Quinn Chase, a former police detective turned Private Investigator trying to start a new career after being fired by the Albuquerque Police Department.

Quinn seeks one painting above all others......"Five Dancing Women (ballerinas)" by nineteenth-century French Artist, Edgar Degas.

At the same time, top secrets from Los Alamos are being secretly smuggled by Nazi spies out of Santa Fe and back to Germany.

An American mole is being paid by and is assisting the Nazis.

Quinn has his hands full as he tries to find the sought after artwork, determine who the mole is, and solve several murders that have taken place.

It’s Santa Fe, New Mexico in the early 1940’s - full of smuggled art, USSR spies, and FBI agents.

In the midst of it all is Quinn Chase, a former police detective turned Private Investigator...


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espionage, law-enforcement, art-theft, ww2, private-investigators, romance, historical-fiction

Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and art stolen by Nazis to be sold to support the Reich. Spies of all sorts, Feds and local law enforcement, and one alcoholic cop busted down to Private Investigator. The publisher's blurb is better than most. The general history is quite well done. It would make a good TV movie.
I requested and received a free ebook copy from Books Go Social via NetGalley.

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I loved the intrigue and history of this one. It had wonderful plot and held my interest throughout.
Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for letting me review this book i

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Santa Fe is an artist's community. It's an old town with lots of adobe buildings. It's also where this story is set.

Hitler's men are stripping Jews of their wealth. They call many of the paintings degenerate and burn them or send them to art dealers for resale. Many got hidden in mines. But there is an art dealer who is helping them in Santa Fe. He has no choice. They will kill his family members if he doesn't cooperate.

BooksGoSocial and Net Galley let me read this book for review (thank you). It has been published and you can get a copy now.

Quinn had been a cop in Albuquerque but was let go. Now he's a private eye with a partner. He's hired to find a painting: Five Dancing Women by Degas. As he attempts to find that, he finds that there are spies in town, trying to find out what's going on at Los Alamos. They are trying to harness nuclear power but no one knows how. Then Quinn finds out some cops are involved in the painting smuggling. It gets worse.

He's having dinner with a female spy when someone shoots through the restaurant window and kills her. There are two attempts to kill him. Will he break the case or will he get killed first?

This well written, reads fast, and you can't be sure of the outcome. It's an exciting read.

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Searching for Edgar's Five Dancers is the first book I have read by Efren O'Brien. The historical story keeps you interested until the very end. Set in Santa Fe, New Mexico it is filled with an interesting plot of espionage.

Description: It’s Santa Fe, New Mexico in the early 1940’s - full of smuggled art, USSR spies, and FBI agents.
In the midst of it all is Quinn Chase, a former police detective turned Private Investigator trying to start a new career after being fired by the Albuquerque Police Department. Quinn seeks one painting above all others..."Five Dancing Women (ballerinas)" by nineteenth-century French Artist, Edgar Degas. At the same time, top secrets from Los Alamos are being secretly smuggled by Nazi spies out of Santa Fe and back to Germany. An American mole is being paid by and is assisting the Nazis. Quinn has his hands full as he tries to find the sought after artwork, determine who the mole is, and solve several murders that have taken place.

A well written novel that you will definitely enjoy reading as much as I did. I received this book free of charge in exchange for my honest opinion. I give this a 5 Star.

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This was an interesting World War II story that takes place completely in America. The book weaves together spies from several countries, Jewish refugees, local police, and the Manhattan Project. Throw in avant-garde clubs, art galleries, a traveling show, private detectives and double-crosses and O'Brien paints a Santa Fe as the Casablanca of the Southwest.

Quinn Chase was a character about whom my feelings changed throughout the book. I began by feeling ambivalent about the policeman who drank his nights away, felt sorry for the guy who was injured on the job, hopeful for a man starting over, curious as I followed him around Santa Fe, and touched by his kind heart.

I didn't figure out the plot twist. It was a good story and kept my interest.

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I received an advanced digital copy of this book from the author, Books Go Social and Netgalley.com. Thanks to all for the opportunity to read and review. The opinions expressed in this review are my own.

A well written mystery. Entertaining and engaging enough to keep you turning pages well after your bedtime.

4 out of 5 stars. Recommended reading.

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this had what I wanted in a suspense novel, I loved the characters and was kept on the edge of my seat the whole time.

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This was an intriguing read, and clearly well-researched. I enjoyed the story, but also learned quite a bit I didn't know. I enjoyed the different mysteries and espionage surrounding Quinn as he tries to untangle the knot in the midst of war. There are high stakes on the line, much more than just a painting. O'Brien did a great job of bringing the 40s to life, and drawing the reader into the story. I do wish things had moved along a little more smoothly, there were some lulls in the story that I had to push through, but it was definitely worth it in the end!

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