Murder at the Gardner: A Homer Kelly Mystery
โ Scribed by Langton, Jane
- Book ID
- 107860890
- Publisher
- Open Road Media
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 703 KB
- Series
- Homer Kelly Mystery
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
Investigating a lighthearted prankster, Homer Kelly finds murder instead There are frogs in the pond at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. A balloon has been tied to one of the sculptures in the small museums hallowed halls. And, worst of all, someone has moved paintings while no one was looking. At most museums these pranks would be an annoyance, but at the Gardnerwhose founder stipulated that the museum be disbanded if the original collection is ever disturbedthey could spell disaster.The Gardners board hires Harvard professor and former police lieutenant Homer Kelly to investigate the mischief. Hardly an art lover, Kelly has trouble taking the threat seriously at first. But when a museum patron is found dead after catching the prankster in the act, Homer springs into action. He may know nothing about art, but murder is something he understands all too well.
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