[Mark Twain Mysteries 05] - The Mysterious Strangler
✍ Scribed by Twain, Mark;Heck, Peter J.
- Publisher
- The Berkley Publishing Group; Berkley Prime Crime
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 237 KB
- Series
- Mark Twain Mysteries 5
- Edition
- First Edition
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- New York, Mississippi River, Mississippi River.
- ISBN-13
- 9780425177044
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✦ Synopsis
A trip to sunny Florence provides a welcome change in the weather for Mark Twain and his family after a lecture tour of England. And Twain's assistant, Wentworth Cabot, gets some much needed rest and relaxation while the Twains set up house.
Falling in with a charming group of Americans abroad, Dabot whiles away the hours touring museums and discussing art in a local cafe. But when a recently discovered Raphael masterpiece is stolen during a dinner party they are attending, Cabot and the irascible Twain set out to find the painting-and the lovely young woman who disappeared along with it...
✦ Subjects
Mississippi River
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