Wendy W.'s Reviews > Lost and Found in Paris

Four and a Half Stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭒

Lost and Found in Paris by Lian Dolan is a mystery, set in the exclusive art world of Paris, and it’s so much more than just a mystery. It’s a story of one woman’s journey to find herself and find out what matters most.

Joan Blakely is the only child of a world-famous artist and a supermodel. Joan works as an art history scholar in a museum in Los Angeles. Her father, an artist specializing in light and lighting exhibitions, died on 9/11 and lost all his notebooks during the airline crash. Her mother, once a supermodel, now lives a quiet life in Ojai, California.

Joan learns that her husband of ten years has not been faithful and in fact has fathered twin boys with another woman. Needing a change, Joan decides to take an assignment with the museum as an art courier to take some valuable drawings to a museum in Paris. Soon after she arrives in Paris, she realizes the drawings were stolen out of her hotel room and she embarks on a twisty, scavenger hunt through Paris in order to find the drawings before the museum finds out. She learns more about her famous parents, and herself as she travels around Paris, searching for the missing drawings.

I sure enjoyed this book. The characters were well developed and I was rooting for Joan throughout the book. I loved how she grew through the journey and realized she is far more capable than she realized and her ex-husband was leaning on her too much and not allowing her to live her life. There is a side romance, but most of the story is about Joan, her discovery of herself, and the legacy of her famous parents.

I truly felt like I was traveling around Paris with Joan. The author has an excellent knowledge of the city, and this made the journey so much fun for the reader. The mystery of the stolen drawings add a bit of adventure to the story and had me stumped until the reveal at the end of the book.
I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys women’s fiction. I received a complimentary copy of this book. The opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.