In the vein of Kate Atkinson’s Jackson Brodie novels comes this year’s smart new thriller with literary chops
When wealthy octogenarian Geza Marton hires art expert Helena Marsh to buy back his family’s Titian painting,...
Art--Collectors and collecting
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Author:Porter, AnnaSummary: -
Author:Dixon, SeanSummary:"One day, not long ago, I was kidnapped by a bitter but fun-loving South Korean art collector named Mr. Jackie Lin who had been burned one too many times by art forgers and wanted a bit of revenge." So begins The Abduction of...
- Author:Strouse, JeanSummary:
After more than a decade's research in previously unexamined archives, award-winning biographer Jean Strouse offers a landmark profile of America's greatest financier--J.P. Morgan. This magisterial work, brilliantly crafted and epic in...
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Author:Kilmer, NicholasSummary:Fred Taylor, a veteran of unspecified clandestine services that have caused him to spend hard times in Southeast Asia, finds himself at loose ends in Boston. A late-night chance encounter in the city’s Beacon Hill area throws his lot in...
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Author:Grey, AndrewSummary:An Art Series novel Years ago, Dieter Krumpf’s grandmother died and left him everything, including a photo album containing pictures of the art collection she left behind when her family fled the Nazis. Now, Dieter is calling on the...
- Author:Ronald, SusanSummary:
The world was stunned when eighty-year old Cornelius Gurlitt became an international media superstar in November 2013 on the discovery of over 1,400 artworks in his 1,076 square-foot Munich apartment, valued at around $1.35 billion....
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Author:Ramsay, FrederickSummary:Ike Schwartz thought he could return to his hometown and ditch the demons that pursue him. More than anything, he wanted to blot out the pain and anger that came when his wife of less than a month was gunned down in a CIA foul-up. So he...
