Thu Jan 22 17:42:44 2009 UTClccn-sh94-7756sh 94007756oca03736621Di Stefano, Flavia (Fictitious character)lccn-nr89-3742Pears, Iainlccn-sh95-3649Argyll, Jonathan (Fictitious character)lccn-n79-74519Titianca. 1488-1576lccn-n96-98564Philpott, Danielnp-howard, geoffreyHoward, Geoffreylccn-no00-85519Petecka-Jurek, Katarzynalccn-n81-3710Sarotte, Georges Michel1939-lccn-n88-215103Romano, Eileennp-tsimbalov, vadimT︠s︡imbalov, Vadimnp-sarote, georges michelSarote, Georges-MichelDi Stefano, Flavia (Fictitious character)Di Stefano, Flavia (Fictitious character)650Italy--VeniceDetective and mystery stories, EnglishGroup readingTranslationsBook clubs (Discussion groups)Popular literatureArt museumsCalifornia--Los AngelesTalking booksArt thefts--InvestigationAudiobooksMurder--InvestigationEngland--LondonEnglandArt dealersMurderMarried peopleArt--ForgeriesLarge type booksArt appreciationCaliforniaTitian,--ca. 1488-1576ItalyArt historiansItaly--RomeArgyll, Jonathan (Fictitious character)PolicePolicewomenArt theftsDi Stefano, Flavia (Fictitious character)Fiction1990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620076118book96391262171711ocn045231771sw045231771:lccn-sh94-7756Truebook20000.37Pears, IainThe immaculate deceptionMystery fictionWhen an important, politically sensitive painting is kidnapped in Rome, life takes a downward turn for Flavia di Stefano, acting head of the Italian Art Theft Squad. Flavia is told to get the painting back, without embarrassment to the country, and without paying a ransom. Her husband, English art historian Jonathan Argyll, embarks on an investigationof his own. For both of them, the search for the truth reveals shocking secrets from the past, and arouses the interest of very dangerous enemies.07432125768228222ocn037573653sw037573653:lccn-sh94-7756Truebook19980.36Pears, IainDeath and restoration : a Jonathan Argyll mysteryMystery fictionDetective Flavia di Stefano of Rome's art theft squad joins forces with art historian Jonathan Argyll to investigate the theft of a simple icon of the Blessed Virgin. The object turns out to be worth far more than anyone thought.068481461779595613ocn027643045sw026299820:lccn-sh94-7756Truebook19930.37Pears, IainThe Titian CommitteeMystery fictionDetective and mystery storiesFollowing the success of Iain Pears's first mystery, The Raphael Affair, The Titian Committee finds glamorous, temperamental Flavia di Stefano of the Rome Art Theft Squad and diffident art historian Jonathan Argyll once again faced with art skullduggery and unexpected danger when murder interrupts an international art committee conference on Titian, which is meeting in Venice. Cutting their way through a maze of deceit that ranges from the fifteenth-century studio of a great master to the bottom of the Grand Canal, they eventually untangle a centuries-old mystery involving Titian's own life.01519047237368778ocn030110355sw026299825:lccn-sh94-7756Truebook19940.36Pears, IainThe Bernini bustMystery fictionA bust of Pope Pius V is smuggled out of Italy by a California museum owner and subsequently he is murdered. Art historian Jonathan Argyll calls on his old sweetheart, Flavia di Stefano of the Italian national art theft fund, to join him in Los Angeles to find the bust and the killer. By the author of The Titian Committee.01511183026887547ocn033009457sw031411887:lccn-sh94-7756Truebook19960.36Pears, IainThe last judgementMystery fictionDetective and mystery storiesAs art dealer Jonathan Argyll delivers a painting in Rome, someone tries to steal it and the buyer is murdered. In terms of money the painting is worthless, so why would anyone kill? Argyll's probe leads him to the resistance in World War II.06848145955996847ocn036066011sw031662911:lccn-sh94-7756Truebook19970.36Pears, IainGiotto's handMystery fictionBritish art dealer Jonathan Argyll teams up with Flavia di Stefano of Rome's art theft police to track a stolen painting by the Italian master Uccello. Suspected is Giotto, a master thief said to have stolen some two dozen masterpieces.06848146092552919ocn034974360sw034974360:lccn-sh94-7756Truebook19960.40Pears, IainDeath and restorationMystery fiction042517742415165ocn060362348sw024701970:lccn-sh94-7756Truebook20050.37Pears, IainZagadka Rafaėli︠a︡ : romanMystery fictionArt historian Jonathan Argyll claims that a church in Rome contains a genuine Raphael, hidden under a painting by Mantini, but the painting has disappeared, and eventually reappears with top English art dealer Edward Byrnes. Then a hideous act of vandalism occurs, followed by murder, and General Bottando of Italy's Art Theft Squad faces the biggest challenge of his career.111ocn229330612sw229330612:lccn-sh94-7756Truebook1993Pears, IainThe last judgment06848145950743212576
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