A Butterfly in Flame: A Fred Taylor Art Mystery: Fred Taylor Art (Paperback)
Autor Nicholas Kilmeren Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 oct 2010
Stillton Academy, a small art college on the New England coast north of Boston, is in financial trouble, and its days are numbered unless someone provides extraordinary help. The final straw may be the sudden disappearance of an instructor with a female student, daughter of the Academy’s only significant donor.
Fred Taylor, called in to trouble-shoot, goes undercover as a member of the faculty and shortly finds himself enmeshed in the conflicting motives and designs of faculty and students, as well as those of a board of trustees whose interest in the long-term survival of the operation seems lazy, misguided or ߝ perhaps ߝ a good deal more sinister.
Meanwhile, as the town of Stillton, Massachusetts, is visited by murder, the motives of Fred’s employer, the collector Clayton Reed, remain obscure. What is there in the town, or at the college, that whets his acute acquisitive instincts? He will not say, beyond his hermetic instructions, “Trust no one. Look at everything.”
And everyone. Fred’s assignment takes him to the Life Room, where his students sometimes moonlight as life models. Are his temporary colleagues on the faculty eccentrics or just artists?
Clayton Reed collects art. That’s what he lives for. In sleepy Stillton, a town ripe for development, though suspiciously backward and un-exploited, what hidden treasure is Clayton hoping for? And can Fred find it before the college goes up in flames?
Fred Taylor, called in to trouble-shoot, goes undercover as a member of the faculty and shortly finds himself enmeshed in the conflicting motives and designs of faculty and students, as well as those of a board of trustees whose interest in the long-term survival of the operation seems lazy, misguided or ߝ perhaps ߝ a good deal more sinister.
Meanwhile, as the town of Stillton, Massachusetts, is visited by murder, the motives of Fred’s employer, the collector Clayton Reed, remain obscure. What is there in the town, or at the college, that whets his acute acquisitive instincts? He will not say, beyond his hermetic instructions, “Trust no one. Look at everything.”
And everyone. Fred’s assignment takes him to the Life Room, where his students sometimes moonlight as life models. Are his temporary colleagues on the faculty eccentrics or just artists?
Clayton Reed collects art. That’s what he lives for. In sleepy Stillton, a town ripe for development, though suspiciously backward and un-exploited, what hidden treasure is Clayton hoping for? And can Fred find it before the college goes up in flames?
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781590587928
ISBN-10: 1590587928
Pagini: 426
Dimensiuni: 141 x 217 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.55 kg
Ediția:Text mare
Editura: Poisoned Pen Press
Seria Fred Taylor Art (Paperback)
ISBN-10: 1590587928
Pagini: 426
Dimensiuni: 141 x 217 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.55 kg
Ediția:Text mare
Editura: Poisoned Pen Press
Seria Fred Taylor Art (Paperback)
Recenzii
“A witty, acerbic tale of art, the academe, and adverse possession that
is part social commentary and part bloody murder.” ߝDana Stabenow on A Butterfly in Flames
"Nicholas Kilmer's A Butterfly in Flame is an intriguing and original academic mystery with enough wit and literary chops to make it stand out from the crowd. A true pleasure to read." ߝPeter Robinson
“In one of the mysteries he sets in the Boston art world, Nicholas Kilmer had the wit to designate rapacious museum directors and art dealers "the wild dogs of civilization." Well, the hounds are back in MADONNA OF THE APES, which finds Fred Taylor, the erudite leg-and-muscle man for an eccentric Beacon Hill art collector, investigating the discovery of a previously unknown work by Leonardo da Vinci. The mystery, of course, is whether this depiction of a Madonna with child and monkeys is authentic. But the real pleasure is following Kilmer's research into Leonardo's secret life -- and waiting for the dogs to pounce.” ߝMarilyn Stasio, New York Times on Madonna of the Apes
is part social commentary and part bloody murder.” ߝDana Stabenow on A Butterfly in Flames
"Nicholas Kilmer's A Butterfly in Flame is an intriguing and original academic mystery with enough wit and literary chops to make it stand out from the crowd. A true pleasure to read." ߝPeter Robinson
“In one of the mysteries he sets in the Boston art world, Nicholas Kilmer had the wit to designate rapacious museum directors and art dealers "the wild dogs of civilization." Well, the hounds are back in MADONNA OF THE APES, which finds Fred Taylor, the erudite leg-and-muscle man for an eccentric Beacon Hill art collector, investigating the discovery of a previously unknown work by Leonardo da Vinci. The mystery, of course, is whether this depiction of a Madonna with child and monkeys is authentic. But the real pleasure is following Kilmer's research into Leonardo's secret life -- and waiting for the dogs to pounce.” ߝMarilyn Stasio, New York Times on Madonna of the Apes
Notă biografică
Nicholas Kilmer, born in Virginia, lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Normandy, France. A teacher for many years, and finally Dean of the Swain School of Design in New Bedford, Massachusetts, he now makes his living as a painter and art dealer. In 1964 he married Julia Norris, and with her has four children.
Descriere
Stillton Academy, a small art college on the New England coast, is in financial trouble. The final straw may be the sudden disappearance of an instructor with a female student, daughter of the Academy’s only significant donor. Fred Taylor goes undercover as a member of the faculty and finds himself enmeshed in the conflicting motives of faculty, students, and the board of trustees. Meanwhile, the town of Stillton, Massachusetts, is visited by murder, and the motives of Fred’s employer, collector Clayton Reed, remain obscure. What is there in the town, or at the college, that whets his acute acquisitive instincts?