Mysteries set in the
Art World
and Opera World (Theatre, Ballet, etc)

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[back] Last Updated 1-14-2006 If you know of more mysteries set in the Art, Opera, or Theatre World, please let me know.
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
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