The Flanders Panel - by Arturo Perez-Reverte (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>A fifteenth-century painting by a Flemish master is about to be auctioned when Julia, a young art restorer, discovers a peculiar inscription hidden in a corner: Who killed the knight? In the painting, the Duke of Flanders and his knight are locked in a game of chess, and a dark lady lurks mysteriously in the background. Julia is determined to solve the five-hundred-year-old murder, but as she begins to look for clues, several of her friends in the art world are brutally murdered in quick succession. Messages left with the bodies suggest a crucial connection between the chess game in the painting, the knight's murder, the sordid underside of the contemporary art world, and the latest deaths. Just when all of the players in the mystery seem to be pawns themselves, events race toward a shocking conclusion. A thriller like no other, <i>The Flanders Panel</i> presents a tantalizing puzzle for any connoisseur of mystery, chess, art, and history. <p/><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>"A beguiling puzzle--a game within a game within a game--solved in perplexing but entertaining fashion."--<i>The Philadelphia Inquirer</i> <br>A fifteenth-century painting by a Flemish master is about to be auctioned when Julia, a young art restorer, discovers a peculiar inscription hidden in the corner: Who killed the knight? In the painting, the Duke of Flanders and his knight are locked in a game of chess, and a dark lady lurks mysteriously in the background. Julia is determined to solve the five-hundred-year-old murder, but as she begins to look for clues, several of her friends in the art world are brutally murdered in quick succession. Messages left with the bodies suggest a crucial connection between the chess game in the painting, the knight's murder, the sordid underside of the contemporary art world, and the latest deaths. Just when all of the players in the mystery seem to be pawns themselves, events race toward a shocking conclusion. <p>Internationally acclaimed author Arturo Perez-Reverte was born in 1951 in Spain, where he lives. His bestselling books have been translated into nineteen languages in thirty countries and have sold millions of copies.<br>"<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>PRAISE FORTHE FLANDERS PANEL<br>"Paradoxes and puzzles abound.A sleek, sophisticated, madly clever chamber mystery about chess, life, and art."--THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW <p/><br>
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