Hanky-panky on the international art scene is the source of the hilarity and fizz in Peter Mayle's new novel. He flies us back to the south of France (a region some readers of his irresistible best-sellers believe him to have invented), on a wild chase through galleries, homes of prominent collector
The Cezanne Chase
✍ Scribed by Swan, Thomas
- Book ID
- 107219884
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 569 KB
- Series
- Jack Oxby 2
- Category
- Fiction
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✦ Synopsis
Scotland Yard's art crime detective Jack Oxby tackles the mystery behind the destruction of valuable C ezanne paintings, criss-crossing St. Petersburg, New York City, London, Provence, Boston, and Paris.
When Inspector Jack Oxby links the shocking defacing of two of the 26 extant Cezanne self-portraits in London's National Gallery to a mysterious death outside London, the chase is on. The high-risk world of international art is exposed, as is the ruthless adversary behind the intricate and deadly crime.
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