Favoriet Immaculate Deception (A Jonathan Argyll Mystery) – Iain Pears

New art-history mystery from the acclaimed author of the best-selling literary masterpiece An Instance of the Fingerpost. ‘Superior entertainment’ Allan Massie, Scotsman When an important, politically sensitive painting is kidnapped in Rome, Flavia di Stefano, acting head of the Italian Art Theft Squad, is told to get it back at all costs — without causing any embarrassment to the country and without paying the ransom. Put in an impossible position, she turns for help to her old mentor General Taddeo Botta…