Painted ladies

By Robert B. Parker

Subjects: Investigation, Art thefts, Spenser (Fictitious character), New York Times bestseller, Private investigators, fiction, Boston (mass.), fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Art thieves, Crime, fiction, Spenser (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, nyt:mass-market-paperback=2011-10-02, Criminals, fiction, Private investigators

Description: Hired by a museum to provide protection during a ransom exchange for a stolen painting, Spenser is personally outraged when the ransom fails and the painting is not recovered, a case that makes him suspect the innocence of the art scholar who retained him.