"Goldenacre is a gritty murder mystery focusing on treachery within Edinburgh's art world, and is a gripping exploration of the darker side of modern society."
Goldenacre is a gritty murder mystery focusing on Edinburgh's art world. It's twisty and sharp, with a steady pace from beginning to end, exposing treachery and deception. It features a whole host of unsavoury, ruthless characters motivated by wealth and desire. I could sense the passion driving both investigators, art expert Thomas Tallis and newspaper reporter Shona Sandison, as they linked the history of a legendary painting with a series of brutal murders. I could also sense the author's passion for Edinburgh as he brought the city to life with his vivid sense of place. I love learning something from the novels I read. Goldenacre is peppered with references to some famous artists and their works, and I found myself Googling several of them while I was reading. Some real life events are also mentioned, giving the book its contemporary feel. This book is a gripping exploration of the darker side of modern society.
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The Goldenacre - a masterpiece by the painter and architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh - has been given to the people of Scotland. The beautiful canvas, the last work by the artistic genius, enthrals the art world, but behind it lies a dark and violent mystery.
Thomas Tallis, an art expert with a trouble past, is trying to uncover the truth about the painting's complex history, while dogged newspaper reporter Shona Sandison is investigating a series of shocking murders in Edinburgh.
Both investigators soon become engulfed in the machinations of money, crime and identity in a literary thriller set amid the seen and unseen forces at work in modern Scotland.
The Goldenacre features in the following genres: Crime and Mystery, General Fiction, Thriller and Suspense, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Fiction
The Goldenacre is available in Paperback
The Goldenacre was written by Philip Miller and published by Birlinn Ltd an imprint of Birlinn General
The Goldenacre has 304 pages
Yes it is part of The Shona Sandison Mysteries series
£8.99
