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Chargement... Stealing the Countesspar David Housewright
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. The Maestro Duclos, an acquaintance of McKenzie, has had The Countess (the Stradivarius) he plays stolen after playing a public concert in his home town. Both the Foundation that owns the violin and the Insurance company have stated that they will not pay the criminals for its return and they will prosecute anyone who tries to claim a reward for theft and possession of stolen property. McKenzie is given $250,000 in reward by the Maestro with instructions to buy back the violin. The people in the Maestro's hometown are all suspects, as the violin case w/ GPS attached was found empty in front of the home of the Maestro's H.S. girlfriend. Affairs come to light as does dirty dealings. Once again, I like McKenzie; he's a good guy with honor & scruples. I liked the story, although I was able to figure much of it out. So who has stolen the Countess Borromeo and why is everyone acting so strangely about getting her back? It's not like you can dump a famous Stradivarius in a local pawn shop. Why aren't people turning over every rock looking for the thief? Or gathering up pots of ransom money? Well, it seems that people aren't actually too interested in finding the Countess and that makes no sense to Rushmore McKenzie, a private investigator who has been asked by Paul Duclos, the violinist who plays her, to help. McKenzie finds the idea interesting and off we go to Wisconsin and Philadelphia. I liked the book well enough but the pace seemed off. Too little happening in a scenario where people should have been running around waving their arms in panic. McKenzie is a suitable hero and he handles everything competently. Small yawn here. I received a review copy of "Stealing the Countess" by David Housewright (St. Martin's) through NetGalley.com. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Appartient à la sérieRushmore McKenzie (13) Prix et récompenses
Since becoming an unlikely millionaire and quitting the St. Paul Police Department, Rushmore McKenzie has been working as an unlicensed private investigator, basically doing favors for friends and people in need. But even for him, this latest job is unusual. He's been asked to find a stolen Stradivarius, known as the Countess Borromeo, that only the violinist seems to want him to find. Stolen from a locked room in a B&B in the violinist's former hometown of Bayfield, Wisconsin, the violin is valued at $4 million and is virtually irreplaceable. But the foundation that owns it and their insurance company refuses to think about buying it back from the thief (or thieves.) However, the violinist who has played it for the past twelve years is desperate to get it back and will pay out of his own pocket to get it back. Though it's not his usual sort of case, McKenzie is intrigued and decides to try and help, which means going against the local police, the insurance company, the FBI's Art Crime division, and his own lawyer's advice. And, as he quickly learns, there's a lot more going on than the mere theft of a priceless instrument. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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An okay read which I never really felt involved in.
An NetGalley book ( )