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#16 You're welcome.
216. Giotto's Hand - Iain Pears
A well-written, humorous and entertaining mystery. The ending was a little chaotic, but the characters are strong and the narrative is well-paced. 4/5.
... man is falsely accused of murder; his friend, a castrati singer, seeks the truth
The Raphael Affair, The Bernini Bust, Giotto's Hand and others by Iain Pears -- series on Rome's art theft squad
The Tempest by Juan Manuel de Prada -- Spanish art historian in Italy overhears criminal plot
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http://www.bookmooch.com/m/mooch_choice?asin=0425171485
The Last Judgement by Iain Pears
and this one from the UK...
Giotto's Hand by Iain Pears
http://www.bookmooch.com/m/mooch_choice?asin=B000O8SEHO
Mille grazie!
Cushla
84. Giotto's Hand by Iain Pears. This book was my reading material on subways and buses. It was not good. The red herring ending was not satisfactory and I am looking for a new mystery series. I have two authors in mind.
I also have to put Rachel Seiffert's other book Afterwards on ... I would strongly recommend the novels of Ian Pears, The Raphael Affair, Immaculate Deception' Giotto's Hand, The Bernini Bust, Death & Restoration, enjoy! ... end. Not going to tell you if it did or not because that would spoil it now wouldn't it.
In between I did have a go at Giotto's Hand but thought the writing was so bad, the characters so dull (and too alike) that I had to give it up after 40 pages. I've never read anything else by Iain Pears ... 7. Giotto's Hand by Iain Pears
Compared to An Instance of the Fingerpost, this is a much simpler book, which does not require as much reflection as the former. I thought that - as the book is said to be an "art mystery" - the story would involve questions of art history on a deeper level, ... ... Nilo Cruz
The Art of the Handwritten Note: A Guide to Reclaiming Civilized Communication by Margaret Shepherd
Giotto's Hand by Iain Pears Four Bare Legs in a Bed by Helen Simpson
Four in Hand by Sylvia Townsend Warner
Giotto's Hand by Iain Pears
Heal Your Heart by Kitty Gurkin Rosati
Home Body by John Thorne Four Bare Legs in a Bed by Helen Simpson
Four in Hand by Sylvia Townsend Warner
Giotto's Hand by Iain Pears
Heal Your Heart by Kitty Gurkin Rosati
Home Body by John Thorne ... of Mechanics in the Seventeenth Century by Domenico Bertoloni Meli, Islands by Dan Sleigh (before bed) and Giotto's Hand by Iain Pears (on the T).
Some of those touchstones appear to be twitchy, so my apologies for that. ... t
Death and Restoration
The Immaculate Deception
The Titian Committee
The Last Judgement
The Raphael Affair
Giotto's Hand
His "Nick and Nora" protagonists are Jonathn Argyll, bumbling English Art Historian, and ultra slick Flavia di Stefano, an Agent of the Italian National Art ...
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