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It's been three years since we last reviewed a book by favourite regular Christopher Bowden, so we were very glad to see a new novel arrive here at Bookbag Towers. Like all Bowden's stories, there's a mystery at the heart of ''The Colour of MoneyMemory''. We like this running theme in an author's work - take a mystery but give it different flavour and atmosphere each time.
''The Colour of MoneyMemory'' is set in the world of art and it's interested in the artistic process and the inspirations behind it. Lucy Potter is a highly successful artist but she's lost her mojo and hasn't created anything new in far too long. This lack of inspiration is beginning to concern her. Who and what is she, if not an artist any more?
And then two things happen. An art reunion brings Rex, an ex-lover back into Lucy's life. And, while out walking, Lucy finds an old notebook written in code, which she's curious enough to try to decipher. Who is the girl whose haunting experiences are described? What happened to her? Is she still alive? Where is the house with the wrong address? And will pursuing the answers to these questions and reconnecting with Rex pull Lucy further away from art or inspire her back into it?
