Rome loses a magnificent altarpiece, Paris a great painting, and London its newest museum acquisition. Three apparently unrelated art thefts have more in common than anyone imagines, as investigators begin to discover a trail of bizarre clues, puzzles, forgeries, and double-crosses in an ever-deepening conspiracy.
Hilarious! Delicious! This deftly plotted mystery is filled with art and French food and delightful heroines and heroes. (Or are they thieves?) Author Noah Charney's knowledge of the art world is extensive--he headed the first international think tank on art theft--so this romp is not only entertaining, but educational as well. Even better than the art mystery are the meals. Simon Vance uses rich accents to create a believable Gallic atmosphere as he "ooo-la-las!" his way through a series of gastronomic adventures, making listeners' mouths water at the same time that their sides ache with laughter. By the end of the book, it's hard to care where the paintings end up as long as all the characters are happy. B.H.B Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
Publishers Weekly...
Noah Charney has an "extensive knowledge of the art world's criminal underbelly...."
About the Author
Twenty-seven year-old American NOAH CHARNEY holds degrees in art history from the Courtauld Institute and Cambridge University, and he has created the academic field of the history of art theft. He is the founding director of the Association for Research into Crimes against Art (ARCA), the first international think tank on art crime whose board of trustees includes the respective art squad heads of the FBI, Carabinieri, and Scotland Yard, as well as renowned museum, art world, and criminology specialists.
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