Iain Pears -- Recent and Upcoming Books

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An Instance of the Fingerpost
Iain Pears / Paperback / Expected April 2000
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Now in trade, the New York Times bestseller that "may well be the best 'historical mystery' ever written." (The Sunday Boston Globe)

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Giotto's Hand (Art History Mystery)
Iain Pears / Mass Market Paperback / Published March 2000
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Hailed as a new Umberto Eco, Iain Pears recently became a publishing sensation when his historical novel, "An Instance of the Fingerpost", was sold for major bestseller sums. "Giotto's Hand" reconfirms Pears' talent with this intriguing mystery starring Jonathan Argyll, an English art dealer on the trail of a criminal mastermind responsible for a series of major heists.

The Last Judgement (Art History Mystery)
Iain Pears / Mass Market Paperback / Published October 1999
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Hired to deliver a painting from a Parisian art dealer to a client in Rome, British art historian and amateur sleuth Jonathan Argyll suddenly finds himself caught up in a double murder and begins a probe that uncovers a secret hidden since World War II.

The Titian Committee (Art History Mystery Series)
Iain Pears / Mass Market Paperback / Published May 1999
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Flavia di Stefano of Rome's Art Theft Squad and art historian Jonathan Argyll have charmed mystery readers around the world. Their latest case is baffling to the extreme, when clues from a Titian researcher's death by mugging point to murder--and a criminal conspiracy.

An Instance of the Fingerpost
Iain Pears / Mass Market Paperback / Published March 1999
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An Instance of the Fingerpost is that rarest of all possible literary beasts--a mystery powered as much by ideas as by suspects, autopsies, and smoking guns. Hefty, intricately plotted, and intellectually ambitious, Fingerpost has drawn the inevitable comparisons to Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose and, for once, the comparison is apt.

The Raphael Affair (Art History Mystery Series , No 1)
Iain Pears / Mass Market Paperback / Published November 1998
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The first novel in an ingenious new Art History mystery series. When a long-lost Raphael resurfaces, it triggers a chain of events from vandalism to murder! As English art scholar Jonathan Argyll investigates, he ends up on the run for the truth and for his very life.

Death and Restoration : A Jonathan Argyll Mystery
Iain Pears / Hardcover / Published October 1998
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Like An Instance of the Fingerpost, Iain Pears's Death and Restoration is grounded in a richly cultured vision rife with references to European history, art, and cuisine. And, though it represents the sixth novel in Pears's Jonathan Argyll series, the author subtly informs new readers of the key relationships and the past histories of his characters within the first three chapters. Once again, Argyll and his soon-to-be wife, Flavia di Stefano, are enmeshed in the Italian art world: Flavia, as a member of the Rome police's art squad and Argyll as a professor of art history.

An Instance of the Fingerpost [LARGE PRINT]
Iain Pears / Hardcover / Published September 1998
Price: $28.95 Back Ordered
An Instance of the Fingerpost is that rarest of all possible literary beasts--a mystery powered as much by ideas as by suspects, autopsies, and smoking guns. Hefty, intricately plotted, and intellectually ambitious, Fingerpost has drawn the inevitable comparisons to Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose and, for once, the comparison is apt.

An Instance of the Fingerpost
Iain Pears, et al / Audio Cassette / Published May 1998
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The setting is 1660's England. Oxford is the intellectual seat of the country. Robert Grove, a fellow of New College, is found dead amidst suspicious circumstances and a young woman is accused of his murder. Listeners hear about the events surrounding his death from four witnesses. Each tells his own version of what happened. Only one reveals the extraordinary truth. BOMC main selection. $150,000 marketing. Simultaneous hardcover release from Riverhead Books. 2 cassettes. .

An Instance of the Fingerpost
Iain Pears / Hardcover / Published March 1998
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An Instance of the Fingerpost is that rarest of all possible literary beasts--a mystery powered as much by ideas as by suspects, autopsies, and smoking guns. Hefty, intricately plotted, and intellectually ambitious, Fingerpost has drawn the inevitable comparisons to Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose and, for once, the comparison is apt.

Giotto's Hand (G K Hall Large Print Book Series (Cloth)) [LARGE PRINT]
Iain Pears / Hardcover / Published January 1998
(Publisher Out Of Stock)
Hailed as a new Umberto Eco, Iain Pears recently became a publishing sensation when his historical novel, "An Instance of the Fingerpost", was sold for major bestseller sums. "Giotto's Hand" reconfirms Pears' talent with this intriguing mystery starring Jonathan Argyll, an English art dealer on the trail of a criminal mastermind responsible for a series of major heists.

Giotto's Hand : A Jonathan Argyll Mystery
Iain Pears / Unknown Binding / Published July 1997
(Publisher Out Of Stock)
Following a clue provided by a dying woman's confession, General Bottando of Rome's Art Theft Squad sets off on a world-wide search for the man he calls Giotto, whom he believes is responsible for a series of major heists."

The Raphael Affair
Iain Pears, Geoffrey Howard (Narrator) / Audio Cassette / Published February 1997
Price: $39.00 Back Ordered
In this fast-moving tale about art forgery, art theft, art dealing and art investigation, Geoffrey Howard has an excellent voice for the different characters, both British and Italian. The listener is carried right along through the Italian museum world, a British art auction and an investigation into possible fraud. The Italian detective, General Bottando, and his female assistant, Flavia di Stefano, are read with flair; the British art historian, Jonathan Argyll, and various members of the commercial art world are spot on. Howard's delivery mirrors the increasing tension in the story right u...

The Last Judgment: A Jonathan Argyll Mystery
Iain Pears / Hardcover / Published April 1996
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Hired to deliver a painting from a Parisian art dealer to a client in Rome, British art historian and amateur sleuth Jonathan Argyll suddenly finds himself caught up in a double murder and begins a probe that uncovers a secret hidden since World War II.

The Bernini Bust
Iain Pears / Hardcover / Published September 1994
(Publisher Out Of Stock)
After British art historian Jonathan Argyll sells a minor masterpiece to an American museum for an exorbitant price, the museum's owner is murdered, a disreputable art dealer disappears with a Bernini bust, and Argyll discovers his life is in danger.

The Titian Committee
Iain Pears / Hardcover / Published October 1993
(Publisher Out Of Stock)
Sent to Venice to help solve a murder, Flavia di Stefan of the Rome Art Theft Squad teams up with the local carabinieri to catch the killer. By the author of The Raphael Affair.

The Raphael Affair
Iain Pears / Hardcover / Published October 1992
(Publisher Out Of Stock)
Vandalism and murder follow a newly discovered Raphael painting to London, and Bottando decides to investigate with the help of his glamorous assistant, Flavia. By the author of The Discovery of Painting. A first novel.

The Raphael Affair (Linford Mystery Library) [LARGE PRINT]
Iain Pears / Unknown Binding / Published December 1991
(Publisher Out Of Stock)
Vandalism and murder follow a newly discovered Raphael painting to London, and Bottando decides to investigate with the help of his glamorous assistant, Flavia. By the author of The Discovery of Painting. A first novel.

The Discovery of Painting : The Growth of Interest in the Arts in England, 1680-1768
Iain Pears / Paperback / Published August 1991
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The Bernini Bust [LARGE PRINT]
Iain Pears / Unknown Binding / Published date unknown
(Publisher Out Of Stock)
After British art historian Jonathan Argyll sells a minor masterpiece to an American museum for an exorbitant price, the museum's owner is murdered, a disreputable art dealer disappears with a Bernini bust, and Argyll discovers his life is in danger.

The Discovery of Painting : The Growth of Interest in the Arts in England, 1680-1768
Iain Pears / Unknown Binding / Published date unknown
(Publisher Out Of Stock)

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