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Reviewed by Alex Ndirangu for Readers' Favorite
In Angela D. Moss' The Case of the Burned Canvas, thirteen-year-old Morgan Draca and her best friends, Melanie and Sara, embark on a fabulous birthday trip to Chicago. All those sandy shores, amusement parks, fountains, cool sculptures, and monuments—the three friends have nothing but fun—except there's one big problem. It all started when Morgan helped stop a master criminal from stealing a painting in Pittsburgh. Zinnia Grey is a high-ranking member of a counterfeit ring that has replicated and distributed the world's finest paintings for over a decade. Things start getting strange at the Art Institute Museum when the girls discover abandoned papers with a list of buildings, times, and locations, a map of the museum with circled galleries, and articles about a major international conspiracy. When valuable paintings are found at a fire-ravaged warehouse and beside them a canvas with information on Zinnia and locations similar to those in the papers, Morgan dives into solving the case. But it's a dangerous world where the criminals operate outside law enforcement surveillance. How will Morgan take them on?
Angela D. Moss had me spellbound! The descriptions grab you, and the plot picks up, seamlessly drawing you in with ever-growing suspense, intrigue, and characters so real that they evoke emotions. I could feel Morgan's fear that Zinnia could get out of prison and relate to Maya's worry that her little girl's taste for solving mysteries would lead her to something more dangerous. I loved that there were several informative moments interspersed throughout the story. Did you know that some counterfeiters actually learn to paint in the master's style and then create a completely new work in their style so they can claim that it was previously unknown? If you love fun yet educational investigative thrillers, check out The Case of the Burned Canvas. It's worthwhile and gripping with immersive action, young, adventurous brainiac minds, and thought-provoking themes for both young and older readers.
