{"product_id":"giottos-hand-isbn-9780425188545","title":"Giotto's Hand","description":"General Bottando of Rome’s Art Theft Squad believes that a lone criminal mastermind—dubbed “Giotto”—has been stealing priceless Renaissance art for over thirty years. But his theory—prompted by a letter from an embittered, dying old woman—is scorned by archrival Corrado Argan, a bureaucrat more interested in politics than policing.\u003cp\u003eBottando’s right hand, the beautiful Flavia di Stefano, quickly locates a possible culprit—but he’s in England. Since the conniving Argan considers even a trip across town an unnecessary expense for Bottando’s squad, Flavia must rely on her fiancé, Jonathan Argyll. In England on business, he finds the suspect suspiciously dead. That’s a pity—especially for Jonathan. Were he not on the scene—raving about art thefts and coincidences—the police may have ruled that the deceased had a few too many and tripped on a loose stair. Now, Jonathan’s passport has been lifted until Her Majesty’s magistrate is satisfied that he has told all he knows… \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e“Pears has a whimsical take on the scruples of the art trade, on English food and plumbing and on Italian bureaucracy…A sweet, art world ‘cozy.’”\u003cb\u003e—San Jose Mercury News\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Art, crime, and Italy mix well…Pears masterfully juggles his plot elements while providing delightful diversion in the contrasting manners of his English and Italian characters.”—\u003cb\u003eBooklist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Fine art, quirky characters and scenes set in Rome and an English country village add to the joys of \u003cb\u003eGiotto’s Hand\u003c\/b\u003e…A neat twist at the end is the cherry on this fudge sundae of a mystery.”—\u003cb\u003eMinneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003eIain Pears was born in 1955. Educated at Wadham College, Oxford, he has worked as a journalist, an art historian, and a television consultant in England, France, Italy, and the United States. He is the author of seven highly praised detective novels, a book of art history, and countless articles on artistic, financial, and historical subjects, as well as the international bestseller \u003cb\u003eAn Instance of the Fingerpost\u003c\/b\u003e He lives in Oxford, England.","brand":"Berkley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299930525925,"sku":"NP9780425188545","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780425188545.jpg?v=1767728139","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/giottos-hand-isbn-9780425188545","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}