The Titian Committee

Praise for 'The Titian Committee': 'An elegant and amusing book, perfect for those who love a clever puzzle.' Mail on Sunday 'The real work of art here is the plot, a piece of structural engineering any artist would envy.' New York Times Praise for the Jonathan Argyll series: 'Iain Pears has a superior line in this kind of tale...a divertingly complex, often comic, story in which the art motif is ingeniously central to the solution.' Guardian 'Superior entertainment.' Allan Massie, Scotsman 'There is nothing so satisfactory as the deconstruction of a puzzle in the hands of such an erudite and sure-footed author.' The Times 'Pears is a delightful writer, with a light, ironic touch.' Frances Fyfield, Mail on Sunday 'Iain Pears writes delightfully witty, elegant, well-informed crime novels.' The Times 'You don't have to know much about art to enjoy Iain Pears's Italian mysteries. Like a good teacher, he shares his passion unobtrusively and flavours his lessons with wit.' Val McDermid 'Pears is a delightful writer, with a light, ironic touch.' Mail on Sunday

Iain Pears won the Getty Scholarship to Yale University and worked for Reuters in Rome. He is the author of the bestseller 'An Instance of the Fingerpost'. He lives with his wife and son in Oxford.