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Summary
The Carabinieri have made a startling discovery in the Amalfi villa of a murdered South African shipping tycoon: a secret vault containing an empty frame and stretcher matching the dimensions The Concert, Johannes Vermeer. It was one of the works of art stolen from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner... Full description
Summary: |
The Carabinieri have made a startling discovery in the Amalfi villa of a murdered South African shipping tycoon: a secret vault containing an empty frame and stretcher matching the dimensions The Concert, Johannes Vermeer. It was one of the works of art stolen from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990. The missing masterpiece is the linchpin of a conspiracy that could plunge the world into a conflict of apocalyptic proportions-- unless Allon and an unlikely ally can carry out their own heist. - adapted from back cover |
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Item Description: |
Sequel to: Portrait of an unknown woman. |
Physical Description: |
532 pages ; 23 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780062835178 0062835173 |
Author Notes: |
He was working at CNN when his first novel, The Unlikely Spy, was published. In 1997. He then left CNN to become a full-time author. His novels include The Fallen Angel, The English Girl, The Other Woman, and other titles in the Gabriel Allon series. He won the Barry Award for Best Thriller for The Messenger in 2006. In 2014 he made The New York Times Best Seller List with The Heist and The English Spy made the list in 2015. The Black Widow is his latest bestseller. (Bowker Author Biography) |