The Music Lesson, (Paperback)

from lahochstetler

This novel tells the story of Patricia Dolan, a middle-aged art historian who finds herself in the midst of a mid-life crisis of epic proportions. The book opens with Dolan in the midst of a large-scale art heist, which removed a Vermeer from the clutches of none less than Buckingham Palace. Dola...

from csmirl

A quick, fun novella... art theft, the IRA, an American woman hiding out with a Vermeer in the Irish countryside. Entertaining if not all that memorable.

from pbadeer

A very quick read, less than 200 pages, this provides a convincing narrative of the theft of a Vemeer painting. Not fluff and not chick-lit (although I got kind of tired of her thinking about him all the time), it is simply a light read with good descriptions of Ireland - both the countryside and...

from VictoriaNH

The 3 stars are probably for the Vermeer paintings, which I looked up and enjoyed. The plot and its execution were boring and unbelievable.

from RebaRelishesReading

[The Music Lesson] by [[Katherine Weber]] is a charming little novel about Patricia Dolan a middle-aged American of Irish descent who is staying in a cottage in West Cork for reasons which aren't apparent to begin with. As the story unfolds we learn more about Patricia and about the dangerous wor...