‘An engaging insight into art, obsession and 20th century history… An entertaining, picaresque thriller which will reward many a reader.’ Thomas Waugh.
1933.
Dark forces are gathering. Adolf Hitler has seized power in Berlin.
Not that Sam Gaskell – artist, womaniser, drunk – cares.
He is desperately searching for his painting, UNTITLED II – his lost masterpiece. It doesn't matter that Commissaire Véjart of the French Police is after him for suspected murder. It doesn't matter about the wreckage he has left in his wake: the betrayals, the broken promises, the dead.
All that matters is finding the picture.
On his quest, he criss-crosses the world, visiting Paris and Hollywood along the way.
As the clouds of war thicken, the artist follows a lead to New York. There, out of the blue, he is struck by Cupid's arrow. But obsession soon eclipses his love and happiness.
And the spectre of his past, embodied by Marlene Quinn – a relentless private investigator – looms large.
Anton Gill’s notable credits include The Journey Back From Hell (conversations with concentration camp survivors), A Dance Between Flames (cultural history of Berlin between the Wars) and An Honourable Defeat (a history of the German resistance). He is also the author of three detective novels set in Ancient Egypt. Anton Gill lives in London.
Praise for Anton Gill:
‘Immensely informative and readable...Gill fills in the political history of Berlin between the wars with brilliantly evocative passages describing the cultural scene in theatre, opera, cinema, architecture, cafés and clubs.’ Stephen Spender in The Times. (The Journey Back from Hell)
'Resounds with authenticity ... a wonderful tale.' Charles Spencer, Mail on Sunday. (The Great Escape)
'Both a gripping thriller and a warning from history.' Richard Foreman. (Into Darkness)
Genre: Mystery
1933.
Dark forces are gathering. Adolf Hitler has seized power in Berlin.
Not that Sam Gaskell – artist, womaniser, drunk – cares.
He is desperately searching for his painting, UNTITLED II – his lost masterpiece. It doesn't matter that Commissaire Véjart of the French Police is after him for suspected murder. It doesn't matter about the wreckage he has left in his wake: the betrayals, the broken promises, the dead.
All that matters is finding the picture.
On his quest, he criss-crosses the world, visiting Paris and Hollywood along the way.
As the clouds of war thicken, the artist follows a lead to New York. There, out of the blue, he is struck by Cupid's arrow. But obsession soon eclipses his love and happiness.
And the spectre of his past, embodied by Marlene Quinn – a relentless private investigator – looms large.
Anton Gill’s notable credits include The Journey Back From Hell (conversations with concentration camp survivors), A Dance Between Flames (cultural history of Berlin between the Wars) and An Honourable Defeat (a history of the German resistance). He is also the author of three detective novels set in Ancient Egypt. Anton Gill lives in London.
Praise for Anton Gill:
‘Immensely informative and readable...Gill fills in the political history of Berlin between the wars with brilliantly evocative passages describing the cultural scene in theatre, opera, cinema, architecture, cafés and clubs.’ Stephen Spender in The Times. (The Journey Back from Hell)
'Resounds with authenticity ... a wonderful tale.' Charles Spencer, Mail on Sunday. (The Great Escape)
'Both a gripping thriller and a warning from history.' Richard Foreman. (Into Darkness)
Genre: Mystery
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