| Dirty Linen: A Fred Taylor Art Mystery Contributor(s): Kilmer, Nicholas (Author) |
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ISBN: 1890208531 ISBN-13: 9781890208530 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2000 Annotation: Nicholas Kilmer writes the most gripping--and well researched--art mysteries of today. With all of the artworld's chicanery and multimillions at stake, the action never flags. This time the cache is an improbable portfolio of erotica purchased clandestinely at a seaside auction, and protecting it leaves collector Clayton Reed mired deep in the seamy underbelly of a Fall River brothel! The pictures may illuminate the dark side of a major artist. Shades of Degas and Toulouse-Lautrec.... Reed and his scholarly man Friday, Fred Taylor, provide the best mystery tandem this side of Nero Wolfe and Archie, matching wits with a well-etched, mixed cast of villains from both country-club and peerage. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Amateur Sleuth |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 00-108192 |
| Series: Fred Taylor Art (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.52" W x 8.52" (0.60 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - New England - Geographic Orientation - Massachusetts |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Nicholas Kilmer writes the most gripping--and well researched--art mysteries of today. With all of the artworld's chicanery and multimillions at stake, the action never flags. This time the cache is an improbable portfolio of erotica purchased clandestinely at a seaside auction, and protecting it leaves collector Clayton Reed mired deep in the seamy underbelly of a Fall River brothel! The pictures may illuminate the dark side of a major artist. Shades of Degas and Toulouse-Lautrec.... Reed and his scholarly man Friday, Fred Taylor, provide the best mystery tandem this side of Nero Wolfe and Archie, matching wits with a well-etched, mixed cast of villains from both country-club and peerage. This is Kilmer at full throttle, a work with characteristic panache. --Larry A. Silver, Farquhar Professor of History of Art, University of Pennsylvania, who writes an Afterword for Dirty Linen.
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