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On
a warm October night in Chicago,
three deliveries were made in the same neighborhood. A plump
tangerine moon had just risen over Lake Michigan. The doorbell had
been rung at each place, and an envelope left propped
outside...The same letter went out to all three:
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Dear Friend:
I would like your help in identifying a crime
that is now centuries old. this crime has wronged one of the
world's greatest painters. As those in positions of authority are
not brave enough to correct this error, I have taken it upon
myself to reveal the truth. I have chosen you because of your
discriminating eye, your intelligence, and your ability to think
outside of convention....Although you may never meet, the three of
you will work together in ways none of us can predict.
If you show this to the authorities, you will
most certainly be placing your life in danger... |
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When a book of unexplainable occurrences brings Petra
Andalee and Calder Pillay together, strange things start to happen:
Seemingly unrelated events connect, an eccentric old woman seeks their
company, and an invaluable Vermeer painting disappears. Before they know
it, the two find themselves at the center of an international art
scandal where no one is spared from suspicion. As Petra and Calder are
drawn clue by clue into a mysterious labyrinth, they must draw on their
powers of intuition, their problem-solving skills, and their knowledge
of Vermeer. Can they decipher a crime that has left even the FBI
baffled?
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254 paperback
RL 4
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