The Raphael Affair (Art History Mystery)

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The Raphael Affair (Art History Mystery)"Deliciously literate" (Kirkus Reviews) and filled with "articulate characters and erudite art commentary" (The New York Times Book Review), this acclaimed series of novels by Iain Pears combines art and history, literature and mystery fiction, with the same passion for detail he displayed in his New York Times bestseller An Instance of the Fingerpost. In The Raphael Affair, the first book in the series, we are introduced to Jonathan Argyll, an

" in which a gallery owner and her former teacher reunite

Ann Patchett illustrates the humanity that connects disparate lives

he needs to experience horror

and the scars they leave set during the years of World War II and its aftermath

Dana Spiotta’s moving and intrepid third novel

Their survival depends on the Gladers’ destruction—and they’re determined to survive

Fatality in Fleet Street is the most sought-after

Presents the classic drama of a magician's encounter with the demon Mephistopheles and the exchange of his soul for worldly gains

Rita lives in Iowa

limiting beliefs

where the greatest mystery of ancient Egypt

It was like some monstrous jellyfish which each second gathered weight and strength