Description
General Bottando of Romeโs Art Theft Squad believes that a lone criminal mastermindโdubbed โGiottoโโhas been stealing priceless Renaissance art for over thirty years. But his theoryโprompted by a letter from an embittered, dying old womanโis scorned by archrival Corrado Argan, a bureaucrat more interested in politics than policing.
Bottandoโs right hand, the beautiful Flavia di Stefano, quickly locates a possible culpritโbut heโs in England. Since the conniving Argan considers even a trip across town an unnecessary expense for Bottandoโs squad, Flavia must rely on her fiancรฉ, Jonathan Argyll. In England on business, he finds the suspect suspiciously dead. Thatโs a pityโespecially for Jonathan. Were he not on the sceneโraving about art thefts and coincidencesโthe police may have ruled that the deceased had a few too many and tripped on a loose stair. Now, Jonathanโs passport has been lifted until Her Majestyโs magistrate is satisfied that he has told all he knowsโฆ
ISBN:9780425173589
