About this title: Joshua Pope, Esquire, a painter of portraits of certain reknown is interrupted late one night by an unexpected visitor. She has a challenge for him, but not an artistic one. He was once a witness to a series of events - beginning and ending in murder - the mystery of which has never been solved. His enigmatic visitor believes that, unbeknownst to him, Joshua holds the key that will finally unlock the truth. Twenty years previously, he had painted a wedding portrait, that of the widowed landowner Herbert Bentnick and his new bride, Elinor Mercier. Soon after his first wife's death Bentnick met ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780743260053ISBN:0743260058
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2005-02-22
ISBN-13:9780743260053ISBN:0743260058
Description: Very good. Very minimal damage to the cover (no holes or tears, only minimal scuff marks), in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, minimal to no highlighting/under. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2005-02-22
ISBN-13:9780743260053ISBN:0743260058
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2005-02-22
ISBN-13:9780743260053ISBN:0743260058
Description: Like New. Save some $$$. Perfectly Good Reading Copy. Shelfwear from storage in box with other books. Great Copy. Ships Lightning Fast. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780743260053ISBN:0743260058
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780743260053ISBN:0743260058
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Bantam Press
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780593050903ISBN:0593050908
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"I love how Gleeson picks characters to solve these unlikely mysteries of hers! OH, and I LOVE all the history and art - what fun little details she inserts."
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