Witty and clever art history-mystery featuring Jonathan Argyll, from the author of the bestselling masterpiece 'An Instance of the Fingerpost'.
General Bottando of Rome's Art Theft Squad is in trouble: his theory that a single master criminal, dubbed 'Giotto', is behind a string of major art thefts has aroused the scorn of his arch enemy and rival, the bureaucrat Corrado Argan. He needs a result, and the confession of a dying woman may just provide the vital clue.
In pursuit of the elusive Giotto, Bottando's colleague, Flavia di Stefano, sets off hotfoot for Florence, and English art dealer Jonathan Argyll is dispatched to London and then on to rural Norfolk - only to discover a body and a mystery which could lead to the greatest art find of his career…
| ISBN: | 9780007229246 |
| Publication date: | 9th April 2010 |
| Author: | Iain Pears |
| Publisher: | Harper an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 262 pages |
| Series: | A Jonathan Argyll Art Mystery |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction Historical crime and mysteries Crime and mystery: police procedural Thriller: organised crime Action Adventure |
Witty and clever art history-mystery featuring Jonathan Argyll, from the author of the bestselling masterpiece 'An Instance of the Fingerpost'.
General Bottando of Rome's Art Theft Squad is in trouble: his theory that a single master criminal, dubbed 'Giotto', is behind a string of major art thefts has aroused the scorn of his arch enemy and rival, the bureaucrat Corrado Argan. He needs a result, and the confession of a dying woman may just provide the vital clue.
In pursuit of the elusive Giotto, Bottando's colleague, Flavia di Stefano, sets off hotfoot for Florence, and English art dealer Jonathan Argyll is dispatched to London and then on to rural Norfolk - only to discover a body and a mystery which could lead to the greatest art find of his career…
Giotto's Hand features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Historical crime and mysteries, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Thriller: organised crime, Action Adventure
Giotto's Hand is available in Paperback
Giotto's Hand was written by Iain Pears and published by Harper an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Giotto's Hand has 262 pages
Yes it is part of A Jonathan Argyll Art Mystery series