The Monuments Men: The Art of Murder 4

I can always count on Josh Lanyon for an interesting, well developed plot, intelligent dialogue, and amazing chemistry between her main characters. The Monuments Men Murders does not disappoint. All of the cases surrounding the Art Crimes Division have been wonderful, and I really enjoyed the story of missing art stolen by the Nazis. The ongoing relationship between BAU Chief Sam Kennedy and Art Crimes FBI Agent Jason West is at a stable place when the story opens. What happens to cause their discord in Monument Men Murders is a fantastic twist, and gives those on Team Sam even more ammunition! In his defense, Jason has important reasons for doing what he does, and as the captain of Team Jason I’m still going to bat for Jason’s motives. Sometimes these two men are just such opposites that it’s hard for them to find common ground. Plus the differences in the lives they’ve led and their age gap just have them approaching every situation so differently. Having the whole series from Jason’s point of view, it feels to me that Jason is making all of the concessions (and I think he is). If you agree with me, you’re going to love the way this one ends!

As usual, Josh Lanyon delivers. If you're reading for the mystery, you can read it as a standalone. If the romance is important (and if you're not reading for the romance, why are you reading this?!), then it's probs best to read the other books before this one. The story is about The Monuments Men, American soldiers (I think they were soldiers) who rescued works of art, especially from Nazi occupation. The mystery is fairly standard, but Josh Lanyon wrotes m/m so well, it's difficult not to get into it, even if you're not a mystery fan. Normally, I would give a Josh Lanyon 5 stars. This edition, though, completely shocked me because I found three spelling, punctuation and grammar errors. The first one I came across shocked me so much, I triple checked it and then tried to justify it! Now that I think about it, should I have given four based on that? Hm. Oh, wait. Josh, why do you do this with your endings? They're practically relationship cliffhangers. Sigh. Four stars for that!