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Sir Richard White, the director of a major international bank, appears to be losing his mind - so his nephew calls in an old friend, former rugby player and art historian Tim Simpson, to watch over his uncle and protect the family millions. Tim follows Sir Richard to the Italian countryside, where Richard is busily investigating the history of an obscure Protestant sect - and demanding that the bank finance his activities. Named as an executor of a friend's estate, Tim is also becoming embroiled in a mystery involving a missing painting by the distinguished American artist, Winslow Homer. As it becomes clear that Tim's art knowledge is indispensable to several different people, he finds his loyalties torn...… (més)
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With grateful thanks to David Pearcy, of National Police Training, Bramshill, for the original spark, to my old friend Mick Rooney, RA, for Torre Pellice, and to my son Sam, for he knows what.
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It was a warm September morning, misty and ripe, when I was peremptorily summoned to be told by his agitated nephew, that Sir Richard White had definitely gone off his rocker.
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Sir Richard White, the director of a major international bank, appears to be losing his mind - so his nephew calls in an old friend, former rugby player and art historian Tim Simpson, to watch over his uncle and protect the family millions. Tim follows Sir Richard to the Italian countryside, where Richard is busily investigating the history of an obscure Protestant sect - and demanding that the bank finance his activities. Named as an executor of a friend's estate, Tim is also becoming embroiled in a mystery involving a missing painting by the distinguished American artist, Winslow Homer. As it becomes clear that Tim's art knowledge is indispensable to several different people, he finds his loyalties torn...