The Raphael Affair: Art History Mysteries, Book 1

The Raphael Affair is a gripping art mystery that will keep you on the edge of your seat! Follow the perpetually beset General Bottando of the Italian National Art Theft Squad, his glamorous assistant Flavia di Stefano, and British art historian Jonathan Argyll as they unravel a complex web of intrigue surrounding a long-lost Raphael painting.

When Jonathan is arrested for breaking into an obscure church in Rome, he claims that it contains a hidden masterpiece by Mantini.

But when the painting disappears and reappears in the hands of a top British art dealer, Edward Byrnes, Bottando and his team must race against time to uncover the truth behind the hidden masterpiece.

With a hideous act of vandalism occurring soon after, and then murder, the stakes are higher than ever before.

Don't miss out on this thrilling adventure that will keep you guessing until the very end! ©1990 Iain Pears (P)1996 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

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