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Loading... Priceless (2013)by Zygmunt Miłoszewski
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Hunters become the hunted in a pulse-pounding art heist thriller from an international bestselling author. It begins with a tantalizing clue: a recent photograph taken of Raphael's Portrait of a Young Man--one of the most priceless masterworks ever plundered by the Nazis, which disappeared and was believed destroyed. Now, with proof of its existence, the Polish government wants it back. One wrong move and it could vanish forever. Because bound together with the missing artwork are secrets that have remained buried for a reason. That's why they've enlisted a woman with the right motives: Dr. Zofia Lorentz, a tenacious historian driven by academic pride and personal desire. Zofia isn't going at it alone. Her crack team of experts includes an ex-paramilitary tactical genius, a slick art dealer with black-market connections, and a beautiful aristocrat who is also a family outcast and one of the most ingenious art thieves in the world. From an isolated mansion in New York to Poland's Tatra Mountains to the frozen Scandinavian wilderness, they're following the trail of an increasingly elusive puzzle--right into a trap that is a cunning work of art in itself. No library descriptions found. |
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Yes, admittedly, there's an element of the James Bond fantasy to it, and one does have to suspend a little belief in places, but it's fiction, it isn't supposed to be 100% real.
And if you do bear with it, it does repay you with what turns out to be a great little romp through the art world, albeit, mostly a fantasy art world, a fantasy art world that the nazi's stole and hid away that contains a big secret that some people don't want to be found.
And Zigmunt does have a good dig at the USA along the way -- which one could say, mostly isn't fantasy.
All in all, well written and well worth £1, and i'll definitely be trying some more Polish writers when i find some. ( )