A review by bookishlibrarian
A Beautiful Crime by Christopher Bollen

4.0

Unlike the title and cover and the book's opening scene, which indicates a crime novel or thriller, this book reads more like a literary novel. Nick and Clay travel to Venice plotting to pull off the perfect con. But once there, their plan escalates in other directions they can't anticipate. The con itself was the least interesting part of the story: what the story lacked in tension is made up with the character details and the rich Venice setting.