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The Titian Committee

The Titian Committee

Author(s): Iain Pears

Location(s): Venice

Genre(s): Mystery

Era(s): Modern

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Membership of the prestigious Titian Committee is normally considered a high honour. Normally, that is, until two of its members end up dead and someone seems to be taking the idea of backstabbing a little too far.

Flavia de Stefano of Rome’s Art Theft Squad is sent to find out why. She calls upon the help of dealer Jonathan Argyll, in Venice to buy a picture from the Marchesa di Mulino. But the sudden theft of the Marchesa’s collection sets Flavia and Jonathan on a tortuous trail to uncover the truth.

A further death threatens the very survival of the Committee itself, as well as offering the tantalizing possibility of an undiscovered Titian – a mysterious composition that may have been suppressed for ‘moral’ reasons….

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Iain Pears evokes Venice wonderfully (though some of his other books do the job even better!) – a body was found in a canal that I knew, and that really piqued my interest! –...

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