A Butterfly in Flame
Autor Nicholas Kilmeren Limba Engleză Paperback – 13 oct 2010
Two of the trustees travel to Boston where they ask wealthy, intensely secretive art collector Clayton Reed for the services of his employee, Fred Taylor. Fred goes undercover as a member of the faculty and soon discovers conflicting motives and designs among faculty and students, as well as a board of trustees whose interest in the long-term survival of the operation seems lazy, misguided or—perhaps—a good deal more sinister.
Meanwhile, the motives of Taylor's employer remain obscure. What is it that whets his acute acquisitive instincts? He will only say, "Trust no one. Look at everything." In sleepy Stillton, a town suspiciously backward, unexploited, and ripe for development, what hidden treasure is Clayton hoping for? And can Fred find it before the college goes up in flames?
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781590587935
ISBN-10: 1590587936
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 141 x 218 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: SOURCEBOOKS
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1590587936
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 141 x 218 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: SOURCEBOOKS
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Notă biografică
Nicholas Kilmer, born in Virginia, lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Normandy, France. A teacher for many years, and finally Dean of the Swain School of Design in New Bedford, Massachusetts, he now makes his living as a painter and art dealer. In 1964 he married Julia Norris, and with her has four children.
Recenzii
“A witty, acerbic tale of art, the academe, and adverse possession that
is part social commentary and part bloody murder.” ߝDana Stabenow on A Butterfly in Flames
"Nicholas Kilmer's A Butterfly in Flame is an intriguing and original academic mystery with enough wit and literary chops to make it stand out from the crowd. A true pleasure to read." ߝPeter Robinson
“In one of the mysteries he sets in the Boston art world, Nicholas Kilmer had the wit to designate rapacious museum directors and art dealers "the wild dogs of civilization." Well, the hounds are back in MADONNA OF THE APES, which finds Fred Taylor, the erudite leg-and-muscle man for an eccentric Beacon Hill art collector, investigating the discovery of a previously unknown work by Leonardo da Vinci. The mystery, of course, is whether this depiction of a Madonna with child and monkeys is authentic. But the real pleasure is following Kilmer's research into Leonardo's secret life -- and waiting for the dogs to pounce.” ߝMarilyn Stasio, New York Times on Madonna of the Apes
is part social commentary and part bloody murder.” ߝDana Stabenow on A Butterfly in Flames
"Nicholas Kilmer's A Butterfly in Flame is an intriguing and original academic mystery with enough wit and literary chops to make it stand out from the crowd. A true pleasure to read." ߝPeter Robinson
“In one of the mysteries he sets in the Boston art world, Nicholas Kilmer had the wit to designate rapacious museum directors and art dealers "the wild dogs of civilization." Well, the hounds are back in MADONNA OF THE APES, which finds Fred Taylor, the erudite leg-and-muscle man for an eccentric Beacon Hill art collector, investigating the discovery of a previously unknown work by Leonardo da Vinci. The mystery, of course, is whether this depiction of a Madonna with child and monkeys is authentic. But the real pleasure is following Kilmer's research into Leonardo's secret life -- and waiting for the dogs to pounce.” ߝMarilyn Stasio, New York Times on Madonna of the Apes
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Stillton Academy, a small art college on the New England coast, is in financial trouble. The final straw may be the sudden disappearance of an instructor with a female student, daughter of the Academy’s only significant donor. Fred Taylor goes undercover as a member of the faculty and finds himself enmeshed in the conflicting motives of faculty, students, and the board of trustees. Meanwhile, the town of Stillton, Massachusetts, is visited by murder, and the motives of Fred’s employer, collector Clayton Reed, remain obscure. What is there in the town, or at the college, that whets his acute acquisitive instincts?