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The Brodsky Affair: A Thriller Kindle Edition

by Ken Fry (Author), Eeva Lancaster (Editor) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 out of 5 stars 121 ratings
LOST ART. MURDER. A COLLECTOR WHO WILL STOP AT NOTHING.
Grab the edge of your seat as Ken Fry weaves a tale of murder, mystery and intrigue.

★★★★★ "From go to whoa, it was a book that carried you along on a tumultuous ride through the high-powered circles of the art elite."

★★★★★ "Absolutely page turning! A fantastic thriller that will keep you captivated as you travel the underbelly of the art world with engaging, well-written characters, believable/realistic and well scripted dialogue."

★★★★★ " I found the setting here to be tremendously powerful. The mystery itself is classy and intelligent, and develops into a killer of a finale…. Try this one if you like your art-heist thrillers to be gritty, real, and steeped in history."


Embark on a thrilling journey with Jack Manton, an unsuspecting art dealer, and his daring partner, Tamsin Greene. They never saw it coming – the deadly game of cat and mouse that unfolded when they delved into the mysterious world of lost masterpieces by Russian artist Mikhail Brodsky, now valued at millions.

From the sun-soaked landscapes of Australia to the enigmatic alleys of the UK, the frosty trails of Russia, and the artistic haven of France, join Interpol in a high-stakes pursuit, unearthing a labyrinthine network of murders and art heists.

Jack Manton navigates a treacherous path of betrayal and danger, racing against time until the very essence of Brodsky's last unfinished masterpiece is unveiled. The stage is set for a final showdown where destiny hangs in the balance.

Don't miss out on the pulse-pounding excitement – grab your copy now and buckle up for a rollercoaster ride through the shadows of art and intrigue!


BOOKS BY KEN FRY:

BESTSELLING NOVELS
The Magdalene Mission
The Keeper’s Cup
The Patmos Enigma: Quest of the Wandering Jew
The Lazarus Succession

THE LAZARUS MYSTERIES (Duology)
The Lazarus Succession
The Lazarus Continuum
The Lazarus Mysteries: Omnibus Collection
La Sucesión Lazaro

THE LADY CRUSADER SERIES (Complete Trilogy)
The Chronicles of Aveline: Awakening
The Chronicles of Aveline: Love and Blood
The Chronicles of Aveline: The Final Sacrifice

SUSPENSE THRILLERS (Standalone Novels)
Shakyamuni’s Pearl
RED GROUND: The Forgotten Conflict
The Brodsky Affair
Suicide Seeds

BITE-SIZED THRILLS
Looks Can Be Misleading
Check Mate
The Long Case Clock (FREE)

CONTEMPORARY FICTION
Dying Days
Drunks: An Alcoholic Drama

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    April 7, 2016
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★★★★★ "The hunt for his lost paintings was very well written, reminiscent of a Dan Brown novel."
★★★★★ "This book kept me on the edge of my seat -- or bed -- as it kept me awake as it headed into its final chapters."
★★★★★ "... this book has plenty of visceral passages to raise the reader's pulse and keep the adrenaline flowing."
★★★★★ "From go to whoa, it was a book that carried you along on a tumultuous ride through the high-powered circles of the art elite."
★★★★ "I found the setting here to be tremendously powerful. The mystery itself is classy and intelligent, and develops into a killer of a finale.... Try this one if you like your art-heist thrillers to be gritty, real, and steeped in history."
★★★★★"It's a very fast paced novel with a riveting story line that pulls the reader in further and further with each turn of the page. This book obviously took Ken Fry a good deal of time and effort to write, yet that effort clearly pays off with how the characters are all well written and the plot flows together without any plot holes."
- Readers Favorite (5 Star Review)readersfavorite.com/book-review/the-brodsky-affair

About the Author

Bestselling and multi-award-winning British author Ken Fry, holds a university Master's Degree in Literature and has traveled around the world. The places and events are reflected in his stories and most of his tales are based on his own experiences.

He has extensive knowledge of the Art world, which he acquired while working as a Publisher in a major UK publishing house -- a wholly owned subsidiary of the HEARST Corp of the USA. In his thirteen years with the company, he worked within the Fine Arts and Antiques division of the organisation and controlled four major international titles.

He is now retired and devotes his full time to writing. He lives in the UK and shares his home with 'Dickens' his Shetland Sheepdog.

AWARDS:

    • Silver Medal Winner - Christian Thriller, Readers' Favorite Intl. Book Awards (The Patmos Enigma)
    • Solo Medalist Winner, Ebook Suspense Thriller, 2017 New Apple Book Awards (The Lazarus Succession)
    • #1 Best Indie Book 2017 by Read Free.ly (The Lazarus Succession)
    • Official Selection in Historical Fiction, 2017 New Apple Summer eBook Awards (The Lazarus Succession)
    • 2017 IAN Book of the Year Awards WINNER in Christian/Religious Fiction (The Lazarus Succession)
    • 2017 UK International Novel Writing Competition, Runner-Up (The Brodsky Affair)

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    • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01E012VA6
    • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ken Fry
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    • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 7, 2016
    • Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
    • Language ‏ : ‎ English
    • File size ‏ : ‎ 3.8 MB
    • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
    • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
    • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
    • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
    • Print length ‏ : ‎ 435 pages
    • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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      4.3 out of 5 stars 121 ratings

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    Ken Fry is a multi-award-winning British author with a university Master's Degree in Literature. He has travelled around the world and is known for his captivating storytelling and vivid imagination. His attention to detail and meticulous research ensure that readers are fully immersed in the world he has created.

    Fry has extensive knowledge of the Art world. This he acquired while working as a publisher in a major UK publishing house, a wholly owned subsidiary of the HEARST Corp of the USA. In his thirteen years with the company, he worked within the Fine Arts and Antiques division of the organisation and controlled four major international titles.

    As of this release, Fry has published 21 novels and short stories and 10 audiobooks and has received several book awards from prestigious award-giving bodies.

    He is now retired and devotes his full time to writing. He lives in the UK and shares his home with 'Dickens' his Shetland Sheepdog.

    Connect on Twitter: @kenfry10

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    A very enjoyable, well written book with an exciting page turning plot. Good research and I like the way Ken has woven the story through time. Excellent inside knowledge of the art market. Ann McLeod
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    • M.S. Tarot
      5.0 out of 5 stars Tour the Museums of Europe and kill people.
      Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2016
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      A thoroughly enjoyable bit of thriller-suspense, this story holds your attention easily. With the added bonus of some Russian art history thrown into the mix. Ken Fry delivers a wonderful story of an artist, Mikhail Brodsky, whose life’s work is now priceless. In fact, the paintings are to die for … as so many in this story keep finding out. With the villains in plain sight, but seemingly beyond the law, what’s a poor art reviewer/appraiser to do? Run for his life. Nice work Ken.

      With the narrative often going back to the time of Mikhail, I was at times torn between which story I was enjoying more. I think I would have equally liked this if it had been simply a tale of the young painter’s life in Russia. The hunt for his lost paintings was very well written, reminiscent of a Dan Brown novel. And the relationship struggles of Jack Manton and Tamsin Greene carried well throughout the novel, making you really care about them. Wonderful storytelling in the blending of all of these different elements. But it did make me wonder a bit if you patterned your artist Mikhail after Isaak Brodsky.

      As I said, very nice work and an easy five-star review.
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    • Eleemosynary
      4.0 out of 5 stars Old school suspense
      Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2016
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      A lucky auction discovery turns deadly dangerous for a British art historian and his highly capable girlfriend when a Russian oligarch puts a killer thief on their tail. This thriller from the prolific Ken Fry is enriched by its focus on the world of art and art thievery. I found the supporting characters in some ways even more engaging than the protagonist, especially the dead artist whose work is everyone else’s quarry. The novel’s writing style is very much in keeping with that of a traditional espionage thriller, so if you like your suspense old school, this is a good book for you.
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    • Zane Summerfield
      5.0 out of 5 stars Exciting and intriguing
      Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2020
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      A very well written book. Edgy. Thrilling. Mysterious. Everything you can think of that makes a great tale is right here. It would also make an amazing T.V Series.

      Following Jack from country to country was actually really exciting. The way in which Ken Fry wrote this novel makes one think, as it takes them on the journey and places them smack-bang right in the middle. You breathe, Jack breathes. You hold your breath, Jack holds his.

      A vast amount of history is woven into this story, from the concentration camps to the present, which showcases Ken Fry’s ability to write and his clear knowledge of research shines through. Which ultimately gives the story the foundation needed. In a single word to describe this fabulous book, it would be: 'Riveting'

      Highly recommended, for a page turning, edge of your seat read.
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    • Rea
      5.0 out of 5 stars What a Fantastic Ride - Action All the Way
      Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2016
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      This book was a thriller that truly did live up to the genre. From go to whoa, it was a book that carried you along on a tumultuous ride through the high-powered circles of the art elite.
      Jack and Tamsin are determined to find and recover all of the lost "Brodsky" painting from the great 20th Century Russian painter who had died in a German Concentration Camp in World War II. Their journey takes them from England, to Australia, to Russia and finally to France, where they encounter wealthy, unprincipled art collectors prepared to kill and do whatever it takes to "own" a Brodsky.
      A fantastic book that kept me riveted until the very last page. I will be looking at more from Fry. He is a vastly talented author.
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    • Stephen L. Brayton
      3.0 out of 5 stars A very nice suspense quest/chase thriller with enough background info to keep ...
      Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2016
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      Plot

      An at buyer/seller, Jack Manton, is after paintings undiscovered by auction houses that don't know what they actually have. He comes across a couple of rare paintings by Brodsky, a Russian Jew who died in WWII. He's not the only one after those paintings. A Russian collector (by any means), sends his man out to obtain the paintings. It's a race to see who can have the paintings, who can discover the whereabouts of more by Brodsky, and who survives.

      A very nice suspense quest/chase thriller with enough background info to keep me moving through it.

      Characters

      Josef Laventry Verezin: 54, former mafia, dark dyed hair, brown eyes, wears glasses, tattoo on back, affected by palsy, art thief, Chief of IAS

      Jack Manton: 44, attended Edinburgh University, Masters in History of Fine Art, former magazine writer, art buyer/seller, fit, teaches fencing

      Tamsin Greene: Jack's girlfriend, 34, slender, 5'8”, dark hair, brown eyes, Spanish/French/Russian ancestry, 2 siblings, parents dead, attended London University, fluent in 4 languages, divorced

      Vladimir Novokov: thief/killer, former SVR, parents dead, fit, homosexual

      There are a few others that make for a nice cast. Very well presented with separate personalities. I did tire of Tasmin's constant badgering of Jack. If she didn't want to stay with him, just leave. Some decent baddies.

      Dialogue

      Pretty good voices. They came through well. There were a few instances of B-movie threats and dialogue that popped up throughout but nothing overtly ham-ish.

      Writing

      Chapters are headed by location.

      Near the beginning there were several weather references that didn't seem to go with the scene or the story. It was as if the author finished a scene and thought, “Oh, yeah, I'd better put that snow is falling.”

      There were some obvious tense shifts. Past to present.

      Good action scenes. Background on Brodsky was laid out pretty well.

      All in all, I think a fairly good story. Writing could have been tighter in some places.

      My rank:

      Green Belt
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    • Melinda Matthews
      4.0 out of 5 stars Art-heist thriller that’s hard to put down...
      Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2018
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      Exceptional storytelling layered with history, interwoven with intrigue. Very suspenseful and hard to put down — and who doesn’t like a story where someone who’s desperately broke seizes the chance to make some really big bucks — at almost any cost? Every good story has a very evil antagonist, of course. This one has more than one... I liked the way the two main characters grew. Finally, let me just say that in a perfect world we would all have a gift-friend like Mateusz and a Kolosov at our back.
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    • Gerard Spicer
      5.0 out of 5 stars The Brodsky Affair. A meaty full value thriller/suspence masterpiece from Ken Fry
      Reviewed in Australia on June 22, 2020
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      A meaty full value thriller/suspence masterpiece from Ken Fry here. Action packed & thoroughly researched. Never predictable, always fascinating. This gives us an insight into Russian painters & the corruption of the international art world as it takes us through the Second World War deprivations into the cold war days using deep character studies.

      I enjoyed this read and can easily see it as a movie.
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    • Martin Jackson
      5.0 out of 5 stars Artful & Entertaining...
      Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 9, 2022
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      Jack Manton, a small-time English art dealer has a chance of a lifetime. He falls upon two paintings for auction in Australia that appear to have slipped through the valuation process. They turn out to be masterpieces by Mikhail Brodsky, a painter who ended his days in a WW2 concentration camp. Jack flies off to bid on them, much to the irritation of his long-suffering love-interest, Tamsin Green who is beginning to tire of his laissez-faire lifestyle. Jack and Tamsin get deeper and deeper into trouble, chased around the continent by a homicidal Russian gangster—a hitman stopping at nothing to obtain works of art for a ruthless collector.
      All in all, a splendid 5-star suspense thriller that hits all the requirements of a fast-moving film. Thank you, Mr Ken Fry for a great read!
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    • MC&SM
      4.0 out of 5 stars Brooding, sinister, atmospheric....
      Reviewed in Australia on August 5, 2016
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      The feel of this book takes me back to the musty halls of the Hermitage Museum and the iron curtain mentality of the real Russia that still smoulders today. We are expertly pulled into this mood chapter one and never really get to crawl up out of it. The characters and plot – the mystery of Brodsky – kind of tumble in on top of us, abstract and disjointed at first, building and tightening as we crawl through the maze (walk the endless corridors of The Hermitage, the towering portraits of lives past eyeballing us)…. Yes, I found the setting here to be tremendously powerful. The mystery itself is classy and intelligent, and develops into a killer of a finale…. Try this one if you like your art-heist thrillers to be gritty, real, and steeped in history.
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    • David
      4.0 out of 5 stars Not his best.
      Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 28, 2020
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      I’ve read other Ken Fry novels and this isn’t as good. It tries to emulate his earlier, rather good, work but it didn’t succeed for me. Credibility was stretched too far at times. I finished it and was relieved when I could leave it behind and move onto something else.
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    • Kindle Customer
      5.0 out of 5 stars Another success for Ken Fry
      Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 12, 2016
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      What an action-packed but intelligent read! The author has obviously taken a lot of care with his wide-ranging research for this novel, which made the places and events feel very real. His characters are strong and believable and the fast action makes this a book you don't want to put down, and I love the ending, I say no more.
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