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When the new director of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum invites Professor Homer Kelly to a trustee meeting, he realizes the museum’s safety is at risk. Kelly, a former detective with no art expertise, must navigate the complex will of Mrs. Gardner, which demands that every work remain unchanged or the entire collection be dismantled. Joined by the museum’s security chief Charlie Tibby, director Titus Moon, and his assistants Polly Swallow and Aurora O'Doyle, Kelly confronts the trustees’ repeated votes that could sell the works at auction. Tensions rise as hidden motives surface, culminating in a dramatic confrontation that reshapes the fate of the museum’s treasures.
First publish date: 1988
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Cozy Mystery
Authors: Jane Langton
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