The Last Judgement - Hardcover

Pears, Iain

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0684814595 ISBN 13: 9780684814599

Publisher: Prentice Hall & IBD, 1996

Synopsis

Hired to deliver a painting from a Parisian art dealer to a client in Rome, British art historian and amateur sleuth Jonathan Argyll suddenly finds himself caught up in a double murder and begins a probe that uncovers a secret hidden since World War II.

About this title

Review:

‘A witty and exceptionally brilliant puzzler’ Sunday Times

‘Fresh, contemporary and coloured with sardonic wit’ She

Praise for the Jonathan Argyll novels:

'Superior entertainment.' Allan Massie, Scotsman

'There is nothing so satisfactory as the deconstruction of a puzzle in the hands of such an erudite and sure-footed author.' The Times

'Pears is a delightful writer, with a light, ironic touch.' Frances Fyfield, Mail on Sunday

'Iain Pears writes delightfully witty, elegant, well-informed crime novels.' The Times

'You don't have to know much about art to enjoy Iain Pears's Italian mysteries. Like a good teacher, he shares his passion unobtrusively and flavours his lessons with wit.' Val McDermid

'Pears is a delightful writer, with a light, ironic touch.' Mail on Sunday

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: Prentice Hall & IBD
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0684814595
• ISBN 13: 9780684814599
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224