Five Days in Bogota by Linda Moore
Summary
Gallery owner Ally Blake risks everything to exhibit at an art fair in Bogotá in the 1990s. She needs wealthy collectors to boost her gallery's sales and save her family from bankruptcy. When her art crates are tampered with and she discovers an ex-boyfriend and colleague from her State Department days in Santiago has involved her in a money laundering scheme, she devises a strategy to thwart the fraud, protect her children, and secure her family’s future—but pulling it off will require her to make the art deal of a lifetime.
Location: Columbia
Bogota, Columbia
Tequendama Hotel
Centro de Convenciones Gonzalo Jiminez de Quesada
La Candelaria
Museo del Oro
Hotel Casa Morada
Reviews:
Praise for Five Days in Bogotá
"A beguiling adventure involving valuable paintings and international conspiracy . . . a pulse-pounding game of cat-and-mouse.."
--Kirkus Reviews
"Love thrillers? Me, too, and Linda Moore's whip smart Five Days in Bogotá adds extra ammunition to the genre, with a feisty art . . . heroine on the verge of bankruptcy who has to thwart art fraud, nefarious ex-boyfriend, and even drug lords, in order to keep her family safe. A hold-your-breath read about what we do for love--of family and of art."
--Caroline Leavitt, New York Times best-selling author of Pictures of You and With or Without You
"Exotic and exciting, Five Days in Bogotá will drop you into the international art world, where money, power, and prestige keep the stakes running high. Full of characters as colorful as the artworks themselves, Moore brings us a captivating mystery with an ever-present undercurrent of danger. The streets of Bogotá aren't safe, but Ally Blake's past is even more dangerous and she must use all of her wits to make it out of Colombia in one piece. Highly recommend."
--Mark Pryor, author of the Hugo Marston and Henri Lefort mysteries
"The author's previous book (Attribution, 2022) concentrated on the art, whereas this one has a larger focus on politics, intrigue, and action. . . . Add this to the thriller section."
--Booklist