The Last Painting of Sara de Vos

While I quite enjoyed the main plot, I felt it was plodding in some spots.

I asked my Facebook friends for recommendations of novels that had interwoven modern and historical narratives, and several people mentioned this one, a book I hadn't heard of. It was exactly what I was looking for, because the problem with books like these is making the connection between the two narratives and building compelling plots in both. Smith has done that here.

A quiet and well written novel by Dominic Smith that centers on a story of grace as is delivered through the paintings of a fictional 17th Century Dutch Painter named Sara de Vos. Grace comes to the painter, and to a 20th century art historian and a collector.