| Allmen and the Dragonflies Contributor(s): Suter, Martin (Author), Morris, Steph (Translator), Gardner, Grover (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1538438852 ISBN-13: 9781538438855 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: May 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - International Crime & Mystery - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Amateur Sleuth |
| Series: Allmen |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 6" (0.30 lbs) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A thrilling art-heist escapade that evokes a world of European high culture and luxury, while plumbing the vicissitudes of less exalted human foibles and obsessionsJohann Friedrich von Allmen, a bon vivant of dandified refinement, has exhausted his family fortune. Forced to downscale, Allmen inhabits the garden house of his former Zurich estate, attended by his Guatemalan butler, Carlos. When not reading novels by Balzac and Somerset Maugham, he plays jazz on a Bechstein baby grand.Allmen's fortunes take a sharp turn when he meets Jojo, a stunning blonde whose lakeside villa contains five art nouveau bowls created by renowned French artist mile Gall and decorated with a dragonfly motif. Allmen, seeking to pay off mounting debts, absconds with the priceless bowls and embarks on a high-risk, potentially violent bid to cash them in.This is the first book in a series of humorous, fast-paced detective novels devoted to Allmen--a memorable gentleman-thief who, with his trusted sidekick Carlos, creates an investigative firm to recover missing precious objects. |
Contributor Bio(s): Suter, Martin: - Martin Suter, born in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1948, is a novelist, screenwriter, and newspaper columnist. He has written a dozen novels, many of them bestsellers in Europe and translated into thirty-two languages. Gardner, Grover: -Grover Gardner is an award-winning narrator with over eight hundred titles to his credit. Named one of the "Best Voices of the Century" and a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine, he has won three prestigious Audie Awards, was chosen Narrator of the Year for 2005 by Publishers Weekly, and has earned more than thirty Earphones Awards. |