When the senior curator at Washington’s famed National Gallery finds a missing painting by the Renaissance master Caravaggio, he mounts a world-class exhibition–and plots a brilliant forgery scheme that will stun the art world.
"A THRILLING CHASE." –Publishers Weekly
But an artful deception suddenly becomes a portrait of blackmail and murder–as gallery owner and part-time sleuth Annabel Reed-Smith and her husband go searching for clues in the heady arena of international art and uncover a rare collection of unscrupulous characters that leads all the way to Italy.
"HIGHLY RECOMMENDED . . . One of [Margaret] Truman’s best." –Booklist
About Murder at the National Gallery
Continuing her success in Capital Crimes, the bestselling author of First Ladies takes readers behind the exhibits at one of D.C.’s most popular attractions. When a senior curator at the National Gallery discovers a lost Caravaggio, he concocts a masterly scheme to exhibit and exploit the masterpiece, which escalates into murder as an art form.
Margaret Truman won faithful readers with her works of biography and fiction, particularly her ongoing series of Capital Crimes mysteries. Her novels let us into the corridors of power and privilege, and poverty and pageantry, in the nation’s capital. She… More about Margaret Truman
About Margaret Truman
Margaret Truman won faithful readers with her works of biography and fiction, particularly her ongoing series of Capital Crimes mysteries. Her novels let us into the corridors of power and privilege, and poverty and pageantry, in the nation’s capital. She… More about Margaret Truman
Product Details
Mass Market Paperback | $7.99
Published by Fawcett May 28, 1997| 368 Pages| 4-3/16 x 6-7/8| ISBN 9780449219386
Ebook | $7.99
Published by Fawcett Sep 17, 2014| 368 Pages| ISBN 9780804152822
The never-ending fascination with our nation’s capital has made Margaret Truman’s novels bestsellers everywhere, including in my territory in Southern California. She always is in the top 15 on the lists. And I’m looking forward to selling her new mass market paperback, MURDER IN THE WATERGATE, which we publish next summer.
