Excellent. . . . Dickinsons knowledge of the arts history and literatureis nothing if not exhaustive and adds enormously.Publishers WeeklyFineprose high society... » 

Excellent. . . . Dickinsons knowledge of the arts history and literatureis nothing if not exhaustive and adds enormously.Publishers WeeklyFineprose high society and a complex plot recommend this series.LibraryJournalOriginal or fake masterpiece or forgery misadventure ormurder?England 1899 and the Salisbury Galleries in London announce thebiggest exhibition of Old Master paintings ever seen in Europe. Excitement isintense but before the exhibition opens one of Britains leading art expertsChristopher Montague is found dead in his study. When Lord Francis Powerscourtis called in to investigate he finds that every book notepad and scrap ofpaper has been removed from the scene of the crime. Montague had been workingon something that would have rocked the art world. Did the article that claimeda number of the Old Masters had been painted recently by a single hand haveanything to do with his death?Powerscourt embarks on an odyssey through atreacherous world of art dealers and picture restorers in pursuit of a masterforger. He travels to Sicily where the trail grows cold but after the thrillsand dangers of that lawless island it is in a remote corner of the Englishcountryside where the truth is finally revealed. «