The Gwen John Sculpture (The Tim Simpson series Book 3)
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The Gwen John Sculpture (The Tim Simpson series Book 3) Details
A letter from Meudon offering a Rodin sculpture of Gwen John seems like a real coup for White's Bank's Art Fund but actually marks the start of Tim Simpson's problems. Summoned to the Dordogne, required to fend off Parisian thugs, oblige a comely French girl whilst worried about the engagement of his girl friend Sue to another man, research an industrial investment in Wales, fight a murderer, outwit a fraudster and still locate the Rodin are all consequences of a promising start at the site of the last battle of the Hundred Years' War.
Reviews
Newgate Callendar in the New York Sunday Times crime reviews of June 8, 1986, wrote 'Of the many mystery writers who base their stories on art, John Malcolm is one of the best. (This book) follows previous form ...Malcolm weaves all the strands with a sure, graceful hand. He is an urbane writer who never seems to srtike a false note in his prose. His dialogue is natural-sounding, his writing never forced. The Gwen John Sculpture, with its tension and mounting suspense, serves as a fine reminder that a good writer can deliver an absorbing action story without resorting to heavy breathing anad strenuous heroics.'