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Loading... One Man Show (original 1952; edition 1952)by Michael Innes (Author)
Work InformationA Private View by Michael Innes (1952)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Probably this 13th entry in the Appleby series only deserves 3.5 stars but it was just the book I needed right now. It was a witty art-based mystery (with a twist at the end) which made me laugh out loud several times. I was pleased to see Judith Appleby play a significant role, not just initiating her husband into the case. ( ) Sir John Appleby of Scotland Yard is out to lunch with his wife. Finishing their meal, she coerces him to attend a private viewing of art at the DaVinci Gallery. The work is of a recently deceased, modern artist. This wouldn’t matter much except Appleby knows of the death as it was a matter of murder. During the private viewing, the large show piece is stolen in from of everyone’s eyes. Removed from the wall, loaded into a van and driven away. Along with the missing abstract, there is a missing Vermeer and a Stubbs — two very valuable works. The latter two pieces were stolen from the estate of the Duke of Horton. Early on, the Stubbs is found in the studio of the dead artist. How and why it is there is part of the mystery. Appleby is married to a sculptress, so he is no stranger to the Art world, but the characters he meets during his investigation introduce him to even more unusual personalities. Piecing clues together and keeping up with a strange chase, gives you quite a few threads to keep track of. It is a book to take your time while reading. A painting is stolen from under Sir John Appleby's nose at a memorial private view dedicated to a recently deceased young artist. Was there also something not quite right about the young man's death? A satisfyingly complex romp from Michael Innes with all the usual battiness on show. However, Hildebert Brown (né Braunkopf), the funny foreigner who can't speak English properly, hasn't worn well. no reviews | add a review
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Sir John and Lady Appleby attend a memorial exhibition of the oils, gouaches, collages and trouvailles of artist Gavin Limbert, who was recently found shot, under very suspicious circumstances. As Assistant Commissioner of Police, Sir John is already interested, but he becomes even more intrigued when Limbert's last masterpiece is stolen from the gallery under his very eyes. No library descriptions found. |
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