The Gauguin Connection (Book 1): A Genevieve Lenard Novel

· Genevieve Lenard Book 1 · Estelle Ryan
4.4
502 reviews
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Murdered artists. Masterful forgeries. Art crime at its worst.

As an insurance investigator and world renowned expert in nonverbal communication, Dr Genevieve Lenard faces the daily challenge of living a successful, independent life. Particularly because she has to deal with her high functioning Autism. Nothing - not her studies, her high IQ or her astounding analytical skills - prepared her for the changes about to take place in her life. 


It started as a favour to help her boss' acerbic friend look into the murder of a young artist, but soon it proves to be far more complex. Forced out of her predictable routines, safe environment and limited social interaction, Genevieve is thrown into exploring the meaning of friendship, expanding her social definitions, and for the first time in her life be part of a team in a race to stop more artists from being murdered.


The Gauguin Connection is an art crime novel with an autistic main character who explores the mystery of political intrigue, art heists, white collar crime, kidnapping and so much more! Enjoy this FREE book.

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4.4
502 reviews
Rebecca Grant
November 4, 2016
Very 50 shades, without the sex; written first person with a repetitive internal dialogue. The characters are a little basic. A bit cliche and one dimensional. But overall a good twisty plot that I look forward to continuing.
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looweez1948
January 26, 2015
Wonderful character in Dr. Lenard. Fascinating insight into the author's interpretation of autistic behaviours. Only problem is, this is not a complete book. It leaves you hanging. Unless you are prepared to buy further books, don't get hooked! I am wondering if this is representative of the other Connection books, that you have to read them all for a complete story.
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Renae Rogers
March 9, 2016
Strongly recommended! I very, very much enjoyed this book. From the get go I was taken in by the level of detail in the story. I know people like Genevieve. Reading about the way she experiences the world was fascinating. I didn't always understand what the significance of things was (I'm not one who sees connections), but I just nodded and rolled with it. I enjoyed meeting the cast of characters that Genevieve interacts with, particularly the ones she has to let into her life. I loved hearing about places and things I'm very much unfamiliar with in terms of the world of art and business and politics etc. Very occasionally a plot point seemed a little too obvious or felt like it had been highlighted a little clumsily, but for the most part I was spellbound with the way the story played out, particularly considering how complicated everything became as more facts were known which seemed to obscure just as much as they revealed. Kudos to the author.
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About the author

Estelle Ryan was born in South Africa and spent her childhood being surrounded by African beauty, nature and diversity of cultures. Her first trip to Europe at the tender age of 16 transformed her world into a much larger place, endless in its possibilities and places to explore. For most of her adulthood she's travelled all over the world, lived on a few continents, explored numerous cultures and is insatiable in the quest to still the hunger for more life experiences.

She's written for numerous international magazines, was the editor of a European lifestyle magazine and has seven out-of-print romance novels published under a pseudonym. With her interest in international politics, arts, crime, behavioural psychology, criminal psychology and music, she decided to combine all these elements in her writing. And so Genevieve and the team came into being.

She is an unabashed coffeeshopaholic. Good coffee, ambience and music in the perfect combination is all that is required to turn a mundane coffee shop into her 'office'. The appropriate coffee shop is chosen depending on the mood, the weather, the type and amount of work that needs to be done and, of course, the craving of the day. All of her books have been written in numerous coffee shops all over the world.

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