Mysteries set in the 
Art World

and Opera World  (Theatre, Ballet, etc)



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Last Updated   1-14-2006

If you know of more mysteries set in the Art, Opera, or Theatre World, please 
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Connelly M, 	  A Darkness More than Night    So1C  got it
Barnard, Robert   Corpse at Haworth Tandoori    5A    got it
Dibdin, Michael   Cosi Fan Tutti                      got it
Gur Btya   Literary Murder: A Critical Case    12W    got it
Graham J A        The Aldeburg Cezanne                got it
Lise McClendon's  Painted Truth and Nordic Nights
Carol O'Connell   Killing Critics
Janice Steinberg, Death of a Post-Modernist
Gavin Lyall       Venus with Pistol
Wilson, Derek     The Dresden Text and The Borgia Chalice Among others
Crawley, Harriet  Painted Lady
Goldberg G,       Heart Payments 
Durst P,          The Florentine Table                got it
Kahn M,           Death Benefits		      got it
Keenan J,         Putting on the Ritz                 got it
Thomas DM, 	  Pictures at an Exhibition	      got it
Williams D        Murder in Advent                    got it
Williams D        Treasure in Oxford;                 got it
  Check  Peter Watson,  Landscape of Lies  and others
  Check  Loren D. Estleman, THE HOURS OF THE VIRGIN
  Check  the two three-book series' that Marcia Muller wrote
  Check  Elena Oliverez The Tree of Death, The Legend of the Slain Soldiers
    Beyond the Grave (written with Bill Pronzini)
  Check  Joanna Stark: The Cavalier in White, There Hangs the Knife, Dark Star
  Check  Albert Menendez's The Subject is Murder, which is an un-annotated list of
    hundreds of titles. One chapter is on Art Mysteries.
  Check  One Coffee With, Corpus Christmas, & Fugitive Colors by Margaret Maron. 
  Check Elizabeth Peters' present-day mysteries,         sought
  
M. Truman,        Murder in the National Gallery       got it
Linda Fairstein,  13W Cold Hit                         got it
Follett K,    5H  The Modigliani Scandal               got it
Banville J,  So3C The Book of Evidence                 got it
Daley R,      3B  Nowhere to Run                       got it
Delacorta,    5H  Diva                                 got it
Orton T,      5H  The Lost Glass Plates of Wilfred Eng got it
TIM SIMPSON MYSTERIES    Malcom J     

John Malcom       A Room In Somer's Town ........ 1984
John Malcom       The Godwin Sideboard .......... 1985    got it
John Malcom       A Back Room In Somer's Town ... 1985
John Malcom       The Gwen John Sculpture ....... 1986
John Malcom       Whistler In The Dark .......... 1986
John Malcom    5H Gothic Pursuit ................ 1987    got it
John Malcom    5H Mortal Ruin ................... 1988	  got it
John Malcom    5H The Wrong Impression .......... 1990    got it
John Malcom    5H Sheep, Goats and Soap ......... 1991    got it
John Malcom    5H A Deceptive Appearance ........ 1992    got it
John Malcom       Hung Over ..................... 1995
John Malcom       Into The Vortex ............... 1997
John Malcom       The Burning Ground

Pears Iain     5H Death & Restoration             got it
Pears Iain        The Raphael Affair              sought *
Pears Iain        The Titian Committee            sought *
Pears Iain        Bernini's Bust                  sought *
Pears Iain        The Last Judgement              sought *
Pears Iain        Giotto's Hand                   sought *
Pears Iain     5H The Immaculate Deception        got it

Kilmer N       5H Man With a Squirrel             got it
Kilmer N       5H O Sacred Head                   got it, spare
Kilmer N,      5H Harmony In Flesh and Black      got it
Kilmer N,      5H Dirty Linen                     got it
Kilmer N,         Lazarus Arise       ??          sought

Warga W        5H Fatal Impressions               got it 
Warga W           Hardcover                       sought
Warga W           Singapore Transfer              sought

Banks O           Caravaggio Obsession            sought *
Banks O        5E Rembrandt Panel                 got it

Cox            5E Park Plaza                      got it
Cox            5E Botticelli Madonna              got it

Ramus          5E Gravity of Shadows              got it
Ramus          5E Thief of Light                  got it

Reich          5E Numbered Account                got it
Swan           5H Cezanne Chase                   got it
Swan           5H Da Vinci Deception, the         got it
Mayle          50 Chasing Cezanne                 got it
Lipsky         50 The Art Fair                    got it
Benabib        5E Obscene Bodies                  got it
Lieberman      5E Girl w/t Botticelli Eyes        got it
Barrett        5E Shape of Illusion               got it
West           5E Master Class                    got it
MacDonald      5E Provenance                      got it
Hoving         5E Masterpiece                     got it
Hoving            King of the Confessors          sought
Baxter         5E Bidders                         got it
Pollock J      5H Goering's List                  got it
Hebron         5E Drawn to Trouble (autob)        got it
Shultz R       5H The Madhouse Nudes              got it

Elkins, A     1C  Old Scores                      got it
Elkins, A     1C  Deceptive Clarity     have pb   need HC * 
Elkins, A     1C  Loot                            got it
Elkins, A     1C  Glancing Light                  got it

Auchincloss  S1A  EMBEZZLER, THE                  got it
Auchincloss   5E  GOLDEN CALVES                   got it
Auchincloss  S1A  I COME AS A THIEF               got it
Auchincloss  S1A  PARTNERS                        got it
Auchincloss  S1A  PORTRAIT IN BROWNSTONE          got it
Auchincloss  S1A  RECTOR OF TUSTIN                got it
Auchincloss  S1A  SKINNY ISLAND                   got it
Auchincloss  S1A  STYLE'S THE MAN,                got it
Auchincloss  S1A  WINTHROP COVENANT,              got it
Auchincloss  S1A  WORLD OF PROFIT, A              got it

Gash J        5B  CALIFORNIA GAME, The            got it
Gash J        5B  FIREFLY GADROON                 got it
Gash J        5B  GOLD BY GEMINI                  got it
Gash J        5B  GONDOLA SCAM, THE  *            got it
Gash J        5B  GRACE IN OLDER Women            got it
Gash J        5B  JADE WOMAN         *            got it
Gash J        5B  JUDAS PAIR, the                 got it
Gash J        5B  LIES OF FAIR LADY               got it
Gash J        5B  MOONSPENDER       **            got it
Gash J        5B  PAID & LOVING EYES              got it
Gash J        5B  POSSESSIONS of a LADY           got it
Gash J        5B  Sin Within Her Smile            got it
Gash J        5B  TARTAN SELL, THE   *            got it
Gash J        5B  VERY LAST GAMBADO, the          got it

Gash J            Vatican Rip                     sought *
Gash J            Grail Tree                      sought *
Gash J            Pearl Hanger                    sought *
Gash J            Spend Game                      sought *
Gash J        5B  Prey Dancing                    got it
Gash J        5B  Sleepers of Erin                got it
Gash J            Lovejoy at Large                sought
Gash J            Rich & the Profane, the         sought

Abrams       14A  Museum of Modern Art            got it
Janson H     14A  History Of Art                  got it
Huffington A 13L  Picasso                         got it
Pichon Y     14A  R/W Impressionists              got it
Chevalier T  13 W Girl With A Pearl Earring       got it
Hanson R,     4D  Still Life                      got it
Hanson R,     4D  Spare Parts                     got it
Hanson R,     4D  Extreme Odds                    got it
Box E,        N1E Death in the Fifth Position     got it
 
*  Spares
Can you think of others that I've left out?
 
***
Opera World
 
Pavarotti L,          My World                            got it
Domingo P,          My First Forty Years          got it
Scotto R,             More Than A Diva              got it
Bing, R,               5000 Nights at the Opera    got it
Sills, B                 Bubbles                                got it  
 
Gallagher Gray  (Katy Munger)    A Motive for Murder      got it, signed, thanks KM
Robert Barnard    Death on the High Cs                             sought *
Robert Barnard    Death and the Chaste Apprentice          got it
Thomas Godfrey  Murder at the Opera,  Introduced by ..   got it
Kaminsky S         Poor Butterfly                                         got it
Karen Sturges      Death of a Baritone                               sought
Kanin, G              Smash                   not a mystery             got it
Gano, John          Death at the Opera
Gur Btya             Murder Duet: A Musical Case     12W    got it
Jarvis, F              Murder at the Met               great book   got it
Jarvis & Merrill   Divas                                                        sought *
Forsythe F           Phantom of Manhattan                          got it
 
McBain E             Ice                                          got it
Sanders (Lardo)   McNally's Folly                     got it
Staynes and Storey  A Knife at the Opera          sought
Donna Leon         Death at La Fenice   (1992)   sought
Helen Traubel      The Metropolitan Opera Murders  sought
Edmund Crispin   Dead and Dumb ("Swan Song")      sought
John Reeves        Murder with Muskets               sought
Paul, Barbara      Prima Donna at Large             sought
Paul, Barbara      other Theatre/art world stuff       sought
Queena Mario     Death Drops Delilah, Murder in the Opera House, and Murder Meets
      Mephisto      sought
Grant Michaels.   Mask for a Diva   (and other Ballet mysteries)     sought
Myers, Paul.        Deadly Crescendo
Crossman, D.A.  Murder in a Minor Key
 
See also:   http://www.durbeckarchive.com/novels.htm 
http://www.lib.washington.edu/music/mystery.html 
 

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