A Museum Mystery With a Distinctive Mind
Ted Spark’s precise, thoughtful narration gives this art-world mystery its particular appeal as he investigates a stolen painting in New York. The setting feels fresh, the puzzle is clear and satisfying, and the whole thing works very well for readers who like quieter but intelligent detective stories.
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A Museum Mystery With a Distinctive Mind
Ted Spark’s precise, thoughtful narration gives this art-world mystery its particular appeal as he investigates a stolen painting in New York. The setting feels fresh, the puzzle is clear and satisfying, and the whole thing works very well for readers who like quieter but intelligent detective stories.
- Book Synopsis
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My name is Ted Spark. Three months ago, I solved the mystery of how my cousin Salim disappeared from a pod on the London Eye. This is the story of my second mystery.
This summer, I went on holiday to New York, to visit Aunt Gloria and Salim. While I was there, a painting was stolen from the Guggenheim Museum, where Aunt Gloria works. Then Aunt Gloria was blamed for the theft, and I realised just how important it was to find the painting, and discover who really had taken it.
Ideal for readers who:
- Prefer mysteries built on careful thinking rather than nonstop peril
- Could be intrigued by an art theft in a New York museum setting
- Value a distinctive narrator whose way of seeing the world shapes the whole puzzle
- Want a clear, satisfying case with observation and deduction at its heart
- About The Author
- Robin Stevens was born in California and grew up in an Oxford college, across the road from the house where Alice in Wonderland lived. She has been making up stories all her life. When she was twelve, her father handed her a copy of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and she realised that she wanted to be either Hercule Poirot or Agatha Christie when she grew up. She spent her teenage years at Cheltenham Ladies' College, reading a lot of murder mysteries and hoping that she'd get the chance to do some detecting herself (she didn't). She went to university, where she studied crime fiction, and then she worked at a children's publisher. Robin is now a full-time author and the creator of the internationally award-winning and bestselling Murder Most Unladylike series, starring Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong, and the brand-new Ministry of Unladylike Activity. She still hopes she might get the chance to do some detecting of her own one day. She lives in England.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780141377032
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Puffin, (09 August 2018)
- Number of Pages
- 298
- Weight
- 226 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 197 x 129 x 18 mm
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