General Bottando can't believe his rotten luck. He has just been promoted—to a position that's heavy on bureaucratic duties—but disturbingly light on investigative responsibilities. As if that wasn't annoying enough, he's received a tip about a...
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British art historian Jonathan Argyll is in sunny Los Angeles conducting some profitable business with the Moresby Museum. Then the museum's owner is murdered and a Bernini bust disappears. And while awaiting the arrival of his friends from the...
General Bottando of Rome’s Art Theft Squad is in trouble — his theory that a single master criminal, dubbed “Giotto”, is behind a string of thefts has aroused the scorn of his rival, the bureaucrat Corrado Argan. He needs a result, and the...
A first crime novel which introduces General Bottando of the Italian Art Theft Department. The discovery of a previously unknown Raphael portrait rocks the art world. But what starts out as an embarrassment for the Italian government turns into...
In Paris on business, art historian Jonathan Argyll agrees to deliver a minor eighteenth-century painting to a client in Rome. A simple enough task which goes murderously wrong. The client is tortured and shot, and another prospective buyer also...
Witty Italian art-history crime series featuring English dealer Jonathan Argyll, from the author of the best-selling literary masterpiece, 'An Instance of the Fingerpost'.
Membership of the prestigious Titian Committee is normally considered a...