{"product_id":"madonna-of-the-apes-nicholas-kilmer-9781590581971","title":"Madonna of the Apes","description":"\u003cp\u003eFred Taylor, a veteran of unspecified clandestine services that have caused him to spend hard times in Southeast Asia, finds himself at loose ends in Boston. A late-night chance encounter in the city's Beacon Hill area throws his lot in with eccentric art collector Clayton Reed. Reed has been tricked by a young man as unscrupulous as he is ignorant into examining and considering for purchase a collection of paintings whose presence in the U.S. seems, at best, informal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFred, sensing Reed's naiveté in matters of personal security, volunteers to guarantee that security at the same time as Reed's acumen as a connoisseur astounds Fred. How could Reed just walk away from the situation with what he later gloatingly describes as \"a prize worth more than the gross domestic product of Bulgaria.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat Reed has purchased appears to be a painting by one of the most important artists of the Italian Renaissance. But is it what it seems? Can The Madonna of the Apes be a forgery? How did it come to be, so quietly, in Boston? These questions propel Reed and Fred into an increasingly murderous tangle, guided only by the assurances of a sequence of art dealers who lie as easily as they withhold the truth about the painting, its true nature, and its history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNicholas Kilmer is the author of five previous Fred Taylor art mysteries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicholas Kilmer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1590581970\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590581971\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Poisoned Pen Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/14\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.86h x 6.14w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge Print\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2005 pg. 819","brand":"Nicholas Kilmer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48518924599551,"sku":"9781590581971","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_abdf27ba-3d8b-4ea7-98be-ac94f888a60b.jpg?v=1778736175","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/madonna-of-the-apes-nicholas-kilmer-9781590581971","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}