3.5 stars rounded up to 4.

Thank you to Netgalley and William Morrow and Custom House for a free eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Think "The Woman in Gold," but if a priceless item stolen by the Nazis was in a hoarder's house in the Cotswolds and not an Austrian museum. Harry, one of the main characters, is tasked with finding a Klinkosch box that his mother had hidden for decades in her overcrowded home. He reunites with his former girlfriend Tabitha, an art historian, to find the box before the house gets repossessed.

The story alternates between two timelines--Frances (Harry's mother) and how she fell in love and came into possession of the Klinkosch, and Harry and Tabitha as they race against time.

I found this story to be a nice, quick read that had a few twists and good chapter cliffhangers that kept me reading. The story at time felt a little formulaic and predictable, but I always appreciate a good little art history mystery. I enjoyed the relationships between all of the characters in their two timelines, especially once they came together in the present. That, I believe is the strength of this book--how to create and maintain relationships between friends and family, and how to love one another.