  | Swifts : a gallery of rogues (Swifts) Author: Lincoln, Beth | |
| Price: $23.08 | ||
Summary:
Now that the family reunion is over and the murderer has been caught, Shenanigan Swift can return to important projects, like searching for the long-lost family treasure. But trouble always finds Shenanigan, and when a valuable painting is stolen from Swift House by a group of eccentric art thieves known as Ouvolpo, she is determined to get it back--even if it means chasing them all the way to Paris. A new adventure is about to begin, and Shenanigan's sleuthing skills will soon be tested like never before.
| Illustrator: | Powell, Claire |
| Accelerated Reader Information: Interest Level: MG Reading Level: 6.10 Points: 14.0 Quiz: 550140 |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (+) (06/01/24)
Booklist (07/01/24)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 07/01/2024 Visits to relatives don’t usually lead to brawls, burglaries, and murder—but most families aren’t like the Swifts and their French kin, the Martinets. News that vacationing Felicity Swift has incautiously gone for a stay with the Parisian branch leads to an immediate rescue mission that plunges her younger sisters Shenanigan and Phenomena, nonbinary cousin Erf, and other Swifts into a whirl of intrigues and investigations. The story is atmospherically set in a seedy Parisian hotel with a mysteriously bricked-up floor and is centered around a priceless work of art with a shady past. Lincoln fills out her interestingly named main cast with a gang of international art thieves dedicated to outrageously clever heists, corpses both fresh and skeletal, and a whole troop of traditionally costumed Pierrots storming in to add physical comedy to the climactic brouhaha. Also tucked in are perceptive observations on topics ranging from the ins and outs of extended families and absent parents to the way great art can elicit profound personal responses. Another smart, silly whodunit. - Copyright 2024 Booklist.
