The Last Judgement (Art History Mystery) - Softcover

Pears, Iain

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0425171485 ISBN 13: 9780425171486

Publisher: Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S., 1999

Synopsis

When a tacky painting in his possession is linked to a series of murders, art dealer Jonathan Argyll must investigate the dark secrets in the painting's past -- before someone with truly horrible taste decides to put him out of the picture for good...

About this title

Review:

"A witty, exceptionally brilliant puzzler".-- Sunday Times (London)

From the Back Cover:

When Jonathan Argyll agreed to transport The Death of Socrates from a gallery in Paris to its new owner in Rome, he had no idea that such a worthless, nondescript painting would cause such as stir. First someone tries to steal it from him in a train station. Then the man he's delivering it to decides he doesn't want it and is brutally murdered a few hours later.

Now Argyll is stuck with a painting that only the most tasteless collector could love, and he finds himself right in the middle of a murder investigation. With bodies piling up, he must delve into the dark secrets in the painting's past – before someone with truly horrible taste decides to put him out of the picture for good.

'Pears writes with such wit and a deep knowledge of art and art history that as entertainment his series has few rivals'
PETER GUTTRIDGE, 'Observer'

'Pears is that rare bird: a crime writer who can grip without gore.'
JANE JAKEMAN, 'Independent'

'A witty, exceptionally brilliant puzzler.'
JOHN COLEMAN, 'Sunday Times'

About this edition

• Publisher: Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0425171485
• ISBN 13: 9780425171486
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 267