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  • Bibliography:
    13 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1990
  • Latest Book:
    February 2016
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Full Series List in Order

Jonathan Argyll

1 - The Raphael Affair (Dec-1991)
2 - The Titian Committee (1991)
3 - The Bernini Bust (1992)
4 - The Last Judgement (1990)
5 - Giotto's Hand (Nov-1994)
6 - Death and Restoration (1996)
7 - The Immaculate Deception (Oct-2000)

Book List in Order: 13 titles



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    When art dealer Jonathan Argyll agreed to transport the Death of Socrates from a gallery in Paris to its new owner in Rome, he had no idea that such a worthless, nondescript painting would cause such a stir. First someone tries to steal it from him i...



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    A member of the famous Titian research committee has been found stabbed to death in a Venetian public garden, and Rome's Art Theft Squad sends Flavia di Stefano to help the local carabinieri. They think it is a simple case of mugging, but quarreling ...



  • English art scholar Jonathan Argyll was amazed to find himself arrested for vagrancy--while searching for a long-lost Raphael in a tiny Roman church. Although General Bottando of the Italian National Art Theft Squad has little confidence in Jonathan'...



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    Jonathan Argyll has finally done something right--he's sold an overpriced Titian to a well-endowed museum in L.A. Not bad for an art dealer who thinks selling paintings is the most unpleasant part of his job. And never mind that the Moresby Museum is...



  • When the letter first arrived at the offices of Rome's Art Theft Squad, General Bottando thought it was just another deranged demand from a demented art fan. But the mysterious correspondent is a woman who claims to know something about a painting th...



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    General Bottando can't believe his rotten luck. He's just been promoted--to a position that's heavy on bureaucratic duties but disturbingly light oil investigative responsibilities. As if that wasn't annoying enough, he's received a distressing tip a...



  • "It is 1663, and England is wracked with intrigue and civil strife. When an Oxford don is murdered, it seems at first that the incident can have nothing to do with great matters of church and state. Who poured the arsenic into the victim's brandy? Th...



  • For newlywed and Italian Art Theft Squad head Flavia di Stefano, the honeymoon is over when a painting, borrowed from the Louvre and en route to a celebratory exhibition, is stolen. Desperate to avoid public embarrassment--and to avoid paying a ranso...



  • This collection includes many of the famous cases - and great strokes of brilliance - that made the legendary Sherlock Holmes one of fiction's most popular creations. With his devoted amanuensis, Dr Watson, Holmes emerges from his smoke filled rooms ...






  • In national bestseller The Dream of Scipio, acclaimed author Iain Pears intertwines three intellectual mysteries, three love stories, and three of the darkest moments in human history. United by a classical text called "The Dream of Scipio," thr...



  • After the dazzling achievement of his bestsellers An Instance of the Fingerpost (“May well be the best historical mystery ever written.” -- The Boston Globe) and The Dream of Scipio (“A virtuoso display of craftsmanship.” -- Maclean’s), I...



  • A tour de force in the tradition of Iain Pears' international bestseller, An Instance of the Fingerpost, Stone's Fall weaves a story of love and high finance into the fabric of a page-turning thriller. A novel to stand alongside Atonement and The Rem...



  • From the author of the international best seller "An Instance of the Fingerpost," "Arcadia" is an astonishing work of imagination.  Three interlocking worlds. Four people looking for answers. But who controls the future -- or the past? In 1...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Iain Pears has published 13 books.

Iain Pears does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Arcadia, was published in February 2016.

The first book by Iain Pears, The Last Judgement, was published in January 1990.

Yes. Iain Pears has 1 series.