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Dear LTers,
I review art-related mystery books for the
journal "AKMB-news", edited by the working
group of art and museum libraries in the
german-speaking countries. So far, I
reviewed e.g. Margaret Truman's "Murder in
the national gallery", Shane Maloney's
"Brush-Off", Michael Frayn's "Headlong",
and James Wilson's "The dark clue".
I'd be happy to receive recommendations of
other relevant books. Only condition: They
_should_ still be available in bookstores.
Hailey Lind has a whole series of art
mysteries. I believe the first one is Feint of
Art .
Iain Pears has a ton of them. My absolute
favourite is The Flanders Panel by Perez-
Reverte.
There are several authors writing series of
art mysteries (in addition to those already
mentioned):
John Malcolm has a fine series involving Tim
Simpson, art buyer for an investment group.
Nicholas Kilmerhas an excellent series which
has been re-released by Poisoned Pen Press,
it involves a reclusive multi-millionaire
collector and his art-investigator employee.
Jonathan Gash's Lovejoy series starring the
marginally-lawful antiques dealer includes
several where the principal object can be
classified as "art" as well as "antique"
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The Flanders Panel by Arturo
Prez-Reverte
Firefly Gadroon by Jonathan
Gash
The Perfect Fake by Barbara
Parker
The Irish Game: A True Story
of Crime and Art by Matthew
Hart
The Rescue Artist: A True Story
of Art, Thieves, and the Hunt
for a Missing Masterpiece (P.S.)
by Edward Dolnick
Sotheby's:: The Inside Story
by Peter Watson
The Burglar Who Painted Like
Mondrian by Lawrence Block
The English Assassin by Daniel
Silva
The Art of Murder by Jos
Carlos Somoza
A Cup of Light by Nicole Mones
The Madonnas of Leningrad by
Debra Dean
Love and murder by Gail
Bowen
In the Frame by Dick Francis
To the Hilt by Dick Francis
Shattered by Dick Francis
Death of a Ghost by Margery
Allingham
The Five Red Herrings by
Dorothy L. Sayers
Artists in Crime by Ngaio Marsh
Black As He's Painted by Ngaio
Marsh
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One-offs can include Barbara Parker's The
Perfect Fake (Antique map as art?)
There are also some non-fiction mysteries
which ought to be of interest:
The Irish Game by Matthew Hart and The
Rescue Artist by Edward Dolnick cover
major art thefts (The Scream in both books,
with significant differences in portrayal of
the thief and recovery "helpers"; and in the
former, additional coverage of the several-
times stolen Vermeer from Russborough in
Ireland, and also the Gardner Museum
theft)
You might alslo find appropriate Sotheby's:
The Inside Story by Peter Watson which
covers the "mystery" behind the
shenanigans of Sotheby's ability to auction
works of art which can't possibly be lawfully
available.
How about Lawrence Block's The Burglar
Who Painted Like Mondrian?
A second mystery in a related field comes to
mind: Tony Hillerman's A
Thief of Time involves those illegal 'pot
hunters' searching for Anazazi pottery to sell
to private collectors.
In most of Daniel Silva's books, his main
character is Gabriel Allon, who restores art.
Silva deals with art on some level in all the
books, but The English Assassin is the most
focused on art - the plot revolves around art
taken by the Nazis.
The Art of Murder by Jose Carlos Somoza, a
Spanish writer (as you'll have guessed) has
as a theme a futuristic art world of the later
21st century where young girls are
The Tempest by Juan Manuel
de Prada
The Collected Short Fiction of
Ngaio Marsh by Ngaio Marsh
Trick of the Eye by Jane
Stanton Hitchcock
The Modigliani Scandal by Ken
Follett
The Family Vault by Charlotte
MacLeod
The Plain Old Man by Charlotte
MacLeod
Loot by Joe Orton
A Grave Talent by Laurie R.
King
Folly by Laurie R. King
The Death Artist by Jonathan
Santlofer
Color Blind by Jonathan
Santlofer
The Killing Art by Jonathan
Santlofer
Murder at the Gardner by Jane
Langton
Acqua Alta (a.k.a., Death in
High Water) by Donna Leon
Playing with Fire by Peter
Robinson
Picture Miss Seeton by Heron
Carvic
The Screaming Mimi by Fredric
Brown
The Lost Van Gogh by A. J.
Zerries
Thus Was Adonis Murdered by
Sarah Caudwell
Nobody's Perfect by Donald E.
Westlake
The Portrait by Iain Pears
The Raphael Affair by Iain
Pears
The Immaculate Deception by
Iain Pears
Giotto's Hand by Iain Pears
The Bernini Bust by Iain Pears
The Collector by John Fowles
Duma Key by Stephen King
Rose Madder by Stephen King
The Painter of Battles by Arturo
Prez-Reverte
The Picture of Dorian Gray by
Oscar Wilde
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artworks, stand in galleries for hours on end
painted all over and don't move and are
bought and sold for extortionate sums.
However, it was the most boring 'thriller '
I've ever read.
While not a straightforward genre mystery,
A Cup of Light by Nicole Mones was set
around a mystery and taught me a lot about
Chinese porcelain.
Lea Wait has a series of antique print
mysteries. www.leawait.com
And if you get to step outside of mysteries
once in a while, I would highly recommend
The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean
which tells the story of an elderly woman
who has Alzheimers but is reliving the Seige
of Leningrad when she was a docent at the
Hermitage Museum. I'll not soon forget the
scene when she gives a tour to a group of
schoolchildren describing each painting in
detail even though the frames are empty!
The Flanders Panel by Antonio Perez-
Reverte is recommended about the mystery
behind a Van Huys painting, "The Game of
Chess."
Here are a few art-related mysteries from
my catalogue:
Murder at the Mendel by Gail Bowen, a
Canadian mystery set in Saskatoon
Saskatchewan. A painter is murdered at the
opening of her show in her home-town art
gallery, and her friend investigates.
Three by Dick Francis might qualify. In the
frame and To the hilt both feature painters,
who paint portraits of horses and of people
respectively. Shattered stars a glassblower
whose jockey friend dies accidentally,
leaving a mysterious package.
Death of a Ghost by Margery Allingham
concerns a murder at an art gallery, and the
The Dumas Club by Arturo
Prez-Reverte
The Seville Communion by
Arturo Prez-Reverte
Borrower of the Night by
Elizabeth Peters
Earth Colors by Sarah Andrews
Landscape of Lies by Peter
Watson
The Woman in White by Wilkie
Collins
The Mysterious Commission by
Michael Innes
Lord Mullion's Secret by
Michael Innes
One Man Show (US); A Private
View (UK) by Michael Innes
Silence Observed by Michael
Innes
The Vault by Peter Lovesey
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Murder as a Fine Art by John
Ballem
The Lost Painting: The Quest
for a Caravaggio Masterpiece
by Jonathan Harr
The Maze of Bones by Rick
Riordan
Chasing Vermeer by Blue
Balliett
Old Scores by Aaron Elkins
Murder in the Museum of Man
by Alfred Alcorn
Vestments by Alfred Alcorn
The Genius by Jesse Kellerman
The Art Forger by B. A. Shapiro
The Fatal Touch by Conor
Fitzgerald
The Art Detective: Fakes,
Frauds, and Finds and the
Search for Lost Treasures by
Philip Mould
Long Time Coming by Robert
Goddard
Vanished smile: the mysterious
theft of Mona Lisa by R.A.
Scotti
Authors
Hailey Lind
Iain Pears
Arturo Prez-Reverte
John Malcolm
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sale of a famous painter's works after his
death.
Five Red Herrings by Dorothy Sayers, in
which a painter is murdered, and most of
the suspects are artists too.
Under the hammer by John Mortimer, a
mystery set at a London auction house,
involving possible forgeries.
The daughter of time by Josephine Tey
begins with the famous portrait of Richard
III, which provokes Detective Alan Grant to
critically re-read English history to see
whether the king really did murder the
princes in the tower.
I think there's a Lindsey Davis which
involves forged Greek statues being
imported to ancient Rome, but I can't
remember which one of the series that
would be.
There must be lots more...
wow, great! I really didn't expect a list like
that. So I have book review material for
months now ;-)
Artists in Crime and Black as he's Painted
and others by Ngaio Marsh. Her detective,
Alleyn's wife, Agatha Troy, is a famous
painter.
Oh, shoot, I forget the darn author's name,
but he writes mysteries within the
antiquarian book business. Anybody ever
read him? What's his name?
I think you're thinking of John Dunning's
Cliff Janeway "Bookman" novels.
Or Lawrence Block's Bernie Rhodenbarr
Nicholas Kilmer
Jonathan Gash
Barbara Parker
Matthew Hart
Edward Dolnick
Peter Watson
Lawrence Block
Tony Hillerman
Daniel Silva
Jos Carlos Somoza
Nicole Mones
Debra Dean
Gail Bowen
Dick Francis
Margery Allingham
Dorothy L. Sayers
John Mortimer
1896 or 7-1952 Josephine Tey
Lindsey Davis
Ngaio Marsh
John Dunning
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Juan Manuel de Prada
Jane Stanton Hitchcock
Ken Follett
Charlotte MacLeod
Aaron Elkins
Joe Orton
Laurie R. King
Jonathan Santlofer
Jane Langton
Nageeba Davis
Donna Leon
Peter Robinson
Heron Carvic
James Melville
Sarah J. Mason
Fredric Brown
A. J. Zerries
Sarah Caudwell
Donald E. Westlake
John Fowles
Stephen King
Oscar Wilde
Elizabeth Peters
Sarah Andrews
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bookseller/thief books.
d2vge: Yes, that's it! Thanks, I'll have to
pick him up again.
An art mystery that I've enjoyed lately
(although mystery is relative--it wasn't till I
was 2/3s of the way through did the
mystery appear) was Object of Virtue: a
Novel by Nicholas B. A. Nicholson. The
author was a specialist in Russian art for
Christies.
Its a "light" mystery but was very enjoyable
reading (largely about the Faberge
workshops) and even taught me a few new
words.
The Tempest by Juan Manuel de Prada is a
mystery centring on Giorgione's painting of
that name, worth a read!
library_mistress, I just read Still Life by
Louise Penny. It's a murder mystery set in a
small Quebec town. A woman has just had
her unusual painting accepted for a show
when she is murdered. There are several
other artists who live in the community. It
was good.
jeanhl
It's not a mystery, but The Forger by Paul
Watkins is an awesome thriller. It's starts in
Paris just prior to the German occupation in
WWII. An American artist is enlisted to help
the French forge paintings so that the real
paintings can be hidden from the Germans.
jeanhl
And another Ngaio Marsh, A Clutch of
Constables - one of my favourites from her
later work.
Graham Rawle
Wilkie Collins
Michael Innes
Innes
Peter Lovesey
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Carol Carnac
John Ballem
Jonathan Harr
Rick Riordan
Blue Balliett
Aaron J. Elkins
Alfred Alcorn
Jesse Kellerman
B. A. Shapiro
Conor Fitzgerald
Philip Mould
Sandra Brown
R.A. Scotti
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Trick of the Eye by Jane Stanton Hitchcock if
its still in print would be good, as might The
Modigliani Scandal by Ken Follett
Charlotte MacLeod did a series featuring
Sarah Kelling and Max Bittersohn . . . she
the heir to a large (and wealthy and loopy)
Boston family, he an investigator
specializing in art theft and art-related
insurance fraud. The Family Vault was the
first in the series and there were eventually
a dozen of them or so, some more about art
than others. There was one--The Plain Old
Man?--set in a fictionalized version of the
Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum.
Also: Loot is a superior Aaron Elkins thriller
involving art stolen by the Nazis. I have a
vague sense that he and his wife Charlotte
did a series with an art theme, but I can't
remember the titles.
A Grave Talent is the first book in Laurie
King's Kate Martinelli series. In it, a talented
artist living under an assumed name in a
hippy commune is accused of killing a child.
More about being an artist, a female artist,
than art.
King returns to the artist-as-loner theme in
her more recent book Folly in which the
heroine sets out to rebuild her uncle's home
on a deserted island in the Puget Sound.
The artist heroine is a furniture
maker/sculptor, rather than a painter, which
is an interesting twist (it also means she is
capable of building a house by herself).
Jonathan Santlofer is an artist and writes
mysteries about art, e. g. The Death Artist;
Color Blind; and The Killing Art.
For a light-hearted murder mystery set in
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Vintage Oil
Paintings
vintageoilpaintings
wide range vintage
& original art
French & English
paintings
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the museum world there is also Jane
Langton's Murder at the Gardner.
Nageeba Davis only wrote 2 books, but they
were cozy mysteries with an artist for the
lead character.
Donna Leon writes a fine series of crime
novels set in Venice, starring Commissario
Guido Brunetti. In Acqua Alta an assault and
murder appear to be linked to a series of
thefts and possible forgeries of ancient
Chinese ceramic artifacts, stolen from the
museum at the Doge's Palace. It's a very
good mystery.
I'm also a fan of Peter Robinson's mystery
series in Yorkshire, England, with Inspector
Alan Banks. In Playing with Fire the police
discover a couple of bodies on board two
canal boats that have been destroyed by
fire. An unsuccessful artist is dead, but
there was a fire-proof safe on his boat
containing an original Turner sketch and
some aged paper, suitable for art forgeries.
An excellent, complex and suspenseful
mystery.
All of the Miss Seeton mysteries by Heron
Carvic, Hampton Charles, and Hamilton
Crane feature a retired art teacher who is
put on retainer by Scotland Yard to produce
her strange & uncanny sketches which
(when finally understood) help to solve
crimes. The first in the series is Picture Miss
Seeton.
Several books in the series also deal with
art theft, forgery, etc.
I don't know if it is currently in print, but
The Screaming Mimi in Fredric Brown's
novel of that title is a small sculpture.
Unforgettable story.
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The Lost Van Gogh by A.J. Zerries was a
surprising art theft mystery I picked up in
the clearance rack last year. Excellent piece
of fiction from a first time author.
Some one else mentioned Iain Pears. The
entire series of Art Mysteries is excellent.
They are sometimes called the Jonathan
Argyll mysteries, which is kind of a
misnomer because his girl friend/wife plays
a much bigger role at times than he does.
Pears is a art historian by training and trade
before he got into the book writing business
so he knows what he is talking about when
it comes to the arts.
I enjoy Iain Pears and I love Jonathan
Argylle. He's one of those nerdy, bumbling,
reluctant heroes who managed to get the
hot girl in the end. :)
Thus was adonis murdered by Sarah
Caudwell features a British scholar and
young barristers looking into murky doings
At least one of the Donald Westlake
"Dortmunder" crime capers features an
attempt to steal from a private collection --
Nobody's Perfect
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I would strongly recommend the novels of
Ian Pears, The Raphael Affair, Immaculate
Deception' Giotto's Hand, The Bernini Bust,
Death & Restoration, enjoy!
Wow, I can't believe no one mentioned The
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Flanders Panel by Arturo Perez-Reverte, a
murder mystery about a painting of a game
of chess. I'll have to scroll through my
library, since I'm pretty sure there are a few
others.
Okay, a few others that I found in a quick
perusal of my shelves:
- The Collector Collector by John Fowles.
More comedy than mystery, but a great
little book about a sentient piece of pottery.
- Two Stephen King books: Duma Key,
about a painter, and Rose Madder, about a
painting.
- The Painter of Battles by Arturo Perez-
Reverte, about a photographer and the
picture that changed a man's life.
- The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde,
about a portrait that gives a man eternal
youth and beauty.
I believe Elizabeth Peters had an early
series featuring an art history major and an
art thief? I think the main character's name
is Vicki Bliss. It's been years since I read
them and there were only a few. Of course
the Amelia Peabody series deal with
Egyptian artifacts, if that interests you.
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How did you like The Painter of Battles? I
have it on the TBR stack but have not
gotten around to it. Did you read any of
Perez-Reverte's books? I really enjoyed The
Dumas Club, The Flanders Panel and Seville
Communion, but the later books I didn't
enjoy as much.
I just picked it up this past week, PW, just
after I got my latest ER book. The 19th Wife
is 600 pages, so it will take a while to get to
anything new.
I tend to like his work right up until the last
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chapter. For example Seville Communion
was a great story...until they revealed the
name of the hacker. But I love his writing,
all the same.
No worries. Like I said, I am not lacking for
reading material.
>39 arrr: There is going to be a new Vicky
Bliss book coming out in August, after a
break of 14 years. It's called Laughter of
Dead Kings...the touchstone wasn't working,
http://www.librarything.com/work/5270602
In response to the original question, if it is
still relevant...Earlier ones in the Vicky Bliss
series will be available from online stores
but not necessarily in bookstores. The first
in the series Borrower of the Night was
published in 1973 and is still in print. It
even takes place in Germany.
I have two recommendations, both currently
available in paperback:
Earth Colors by Sarah Andrews, about a
geologist turned detective investigating a
possible counterfeit painting
Landscape of Lies by Peter Watson about a
painting that contains clues to the location
of sacred items hidden when Henry IIIV
dismantled the religious houses of Britain
Since the first posting was Feb 2007, it
probably doesn't matter anymore for the
original reason. But if anyone is interested,
Graham Rawle is a collage artist who has
written a mystery using magazine clippings.
It's call Woman's World. A fairly quick read,
but intriguing. I've done a review of it if
you're interested:
http://nobsbookreviews.blogspot.com
While the story doesn't involve art, the book
itself is art, although kitch to be sure.
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Michael Innes has several books that feature
art. One of his series features Inspector
John Appleby who eventually marries a
sculptor and another series features Charles
Honeybath who is a painter. The Mysterious
Commission, Lord Mullion's Secret, One Man
Show, and Silence Observed are all ones on
my shelves that feature art as an important
part of the story. Innes's books are mostly
out of print, but you can still get a few. I
think they are easier to get in England.
When Innes died in 1996, he left all his
work to House of Stratus publishing so all of
his work is available online there. Note:
House of Stratus interestingly is owned by
the company with rights to Ian Flemings
work.
The Vault by Peter Lovesey is a mystery
involving questionable watercolours in the
style of William Blake with a Frankenstein
theme. The story delves into forgery
techniques.
Murder as a Fine Art by Carol Carnac is set
in a fictitious Ministry of Fine Arts in post-
war Britain. Unfortunately, like most of
Carnac's work (either under that name or
her other alias of E. C. R. Lorac) it is out of
print and quite hard to find even
secondhand.
Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child's "Book of
the Death"
Murder as a Fine Art by John Bishop Ballem.
It takes place at the Banff School of Fine
Arts.
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The Lost Painting by Jonathan Harr is
nonfiction, but a fascinating telling of a real
life art mystery.
Oh, the new kids series The 39 Clues has
some art-related stuff, and so does Chasing
Vermeer. Lots of fun!
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Two great ones are Old Scores by
aforementioned Aaron Elkins and Murder In
The Museum of Man by Alfred Alcorn. These
are as much about the crazy politics of
museums as they are of murder. Very funny
too. My Dad was a curator so I know the
field somewhat.
Wow This thread is long asleep. Reading
The Genius by Jesse Kellerman a pretty
good art world mystery.
I have The Art Forger sitting on my shelf
waiting for me to stop checking books out of
the library :P
I enjoyed The Fatal Touch by Conor
Fitzgerald, an Early Reviewer win. A decent
mystery, set in Italy, with great information
about art forgers.
#58
*knocks self on head*
Wow - apparently I bought that on Kindle
sale on Aug 20, 2012...missed that it was
art related. Thanks for the reminder!
Oh, the TBR....
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I'm currently listening to an audio of The Art
Forger. Enjoying it very much!
Although it's not a mystery, I recently read
The Art Detective by one of the Antiques
Roadshow hosts - very well-written &
entertaining, IMO. Good narrative non-
fiction
Also, Robert Goddard's Long Time Coming is
an interesting thriller dealing with Nazi-era
art theft, with stops in the Netherlands,
Ireland, and the UK.
I'll third The Art Forger. I read it a few
months back and thought it was well done.
Vanished Smile by R. A. Scotti a non-fiction
story about the theft of the Mona Lisa from
the Louvre early in the 20th century...is
quite exceptional and highly recommended.
I also recommend Daniel Silva whose art
restorer/Israeli spy, has taught me much
about the world of art.
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