TY  - BOOK
AU  - Goldberg,Leonard S.
TI  - The art of deception
SN  - 9781250224200
PY  - 2020///
CY  - New York
PB  - Minotaur Books
KW  - Blalock, Joanna
KW  - Watson, John H.
KW  - Holmes, Sherlock.
KW  - Women private investigators
KW  - England
KW  - London
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Art
KW  - Mutilation, defacement, etc
KW  - Murder
KW  - Investigation
KW  - Fathers and daughters
KW  - Nineteen tens
KW  - Femmes détectives
KW  - Angleterre
KW  - Londres
KW  - Romans, nouvelles, etc
KW  - Mutilation
KW  - Meurtre
KW  - Enquêtes
KW  - Pères et filles
KW  - Années dix (Vingtième siècle)
KW  - FICTION / Adaptations & Pastiche
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical
KW  - FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional
KW  - FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths
KW  - fast
KW  - Blalock, Joanna (Fictitious character)
KW  - Manners and customs
KW  - sears
KW  - Homicide
KW  - Father-daughter relationship
KW  - West End (London, England)
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - George V, 1910-1936
KW  - Grande-Bretagne
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 1910-1936 (George V)
KW  - West End
KW  - London (England)
KW  - Mystery fiction
KW  - Detective and mystery fiction
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - gsafd
KW  - lcgft
N1  - The vandal -- Hawke and Evans -- Felix Dubose -- Johnny -- Albert Dubose -- The art historian -- Cholera -- The Countess -- Strange symptoms -- The rumor -- The lockpicks -- Delvecchio -- Scotland Yard -- Wormwood scrubs -- Two vandals -- The exhumation -- The Stewart Gallery -- The hiding place -- Dubious identification -- An unexpected visitor -- A near miss -- The wife -- An unseemly source -- A violent break-in -- Setting a trap -- The National Gallery -- The masterpiece -- All the evidence
N2  - "In the west end of London, an apparently crazed individual is on the loose, breaking into art galleries and private homes to slash valuable paintings of women. Despite Scotland Yard's best efforts, the criminal remains at large and continues on his destructive path. When Joanna and the Watsons are called in to solve the mystery, they soon discover that although the canvases have been slashed, their backings remain pristine, with no cuts or scratches. The criminal, it seems, is no mere vandal-he's searching for something hidden behind the portraits. Suspicion soon falls on two skilled art restorers who previously worked at the gallery where all the vandalized art was purchased. When Joanna finds the body of one in a bricked off fireplace at the gallery, the other is left as the prime suspect. But then he's discovered dead as well. Luckily, Joanna has a plan for ensnaring the criminal once and for all. But it must not fail, or more paintings-and lives-will be lost"--
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