Robert B. Parker's Old Black Magic
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bedford Square Publishers
Published:24th Apr '19
£9.99
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Iconic, tough-but-tender Boston PI Spenser delves into the black market art scene to investigate a decades-long unsolved crime of dangerous proportions.
Iconic, tough-but-tender Boston PI Spenser delves into the black market art scene to investigate a decades-long unsolved crime of dangerous proportions.
The heist was legendary, still talked about twenty years after the priceless paintings disappeared from one of Boston's premier art museums. Most thought the art was lost forever, buried deep, sold off overseas, or, worse, destroyed as incriminating evidence. But when paint chips from the most valuable piece stolen, Gentlemen in Black by a Spanish master, arrives at the desk of a Boston journalist, the museum finds hope and enlists Spenser's help.
Soon the cold art case thrusts Spenser into the shady world of black market art dealers, aged Mafia bosses, and old vendettas. A five-million-dollar-reward by the museum's top benefactor, an aged, unlikable Boston socialite, sets Spenser and pal Vinnie Morris onto a trail of hidden secrets, jailhouse confessions, murder, and double crosses.
Old Black Magic is a page turner. It's a hard-boiled novel with plenty of thrills and spills all done with a lot of style -- Paul Burke * NB Magazine *
Intelligent, fun to read, and smooth * Tuscaloosa News *
The latest highly entertaining crime novel showcasing Boston private investigator Spenser * Lansing State Journal *
Spenser epitomises the wise-cracking, hard boiled PI better than anyone, and long may his adventures continue in Atkins' ever-capable hands -- Linda Wilson * Crime Review *
ISBN: 9780857302786
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256 pages