The Dorich House Mystery (The Ralph Chalmers Mysteries Book 3)
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Author: P. J. Thurbin
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Professor Ralph Chalmers is on the sleuthing trail again in Thurbin’s third book in the series. This time he is teamed up with the indomitable Katie Eggerton, friend, and former inmate of Holloway Women’s prison. This is yet another cracking yarn of murder and intrigue involving international art dealers, petty criminals and the world of underworld fraudsters.
When an art valuer in London is found murdered shortly after assessing the University’s collection at Dorich House, it doesn’t take long for Ralph and his new sidekick to get in on the action.
On the home front, Inspector Linham and his faithful Sergeant Wilson play by the book and tow a fine line to solve the murder while at the same time accepting any help they can get from Chalmers.
Ralph and Katie become embroiled in the murky dealings that underpin the shadier side of the multi-billion dollar world of art when they travel to Paris and St Petersburg as part of Ralph’s fund raising efforts for the University. It doesn’t take the pair long to link the murder to a plot to intercept a valuable collection of paintings that are to be shipped from the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg to Houghton Hall in the English countryside.
Although Ralph is on sabbatical, he still has time to join his pals at the University bar where they are in usual good form, ready to offer advice and good humour along with the occasional pint.
The story culminates with the murderer being confronted by Ralph while attempting to flee the country. But as usual there is an ironic twist to the ending that will surprise and delight the reader.
The book is topical as in the Spring of 2013 the Hermitage shipped the Sir Robert Walpole collection from St. Petersburg to the Marquess of Cholmondeley’s Houghton Hall in Norfolk for a major exhibition. Hopefully the fiction presented in this book will remain so.
When an art valuer in London is found murdered shortly after assessing the University’s collection at Dorich House, it doesn’t take long for Ralph and his new sidekick to get in on the action.
On the home front, Inspector Linham and his faithful Sergeant Wilson play by the book and tow a fine line to solve the murder while at the same time accepting any help they can get from Chalmers.
Ralph and Katie become embroiled in the murky dealings that underpin the shadier side of the multi-billion dollar world of art when they travel to Paris and St Petersburg as part of Ralph’s fund raising efforts for the University. It doesn’t take the pair long to link the murder to a plot to intercept a valuable collection of paintings that are to be shipped from the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg to Houghton Hall in the English countryside.
Although Ralph is on sabbatical, he still has time to join his pals at the University bar where they are in usual good form, ready to offer advice and good humour along with the occasional pint.
The story culminates with the murderer being confronted by Ralph while attempting to flee the country. But as usual there is an ironic twist to the ending that will surprise and delight the reader.
The book is topical as in the Spring of 2013 the Hermitage shipped the Sir Robert Walpole collection from St. Petersburg to the Marquess of Cholmondeley’s Houghton Hall in Norfolk for a major exhibition. Hopefully the fiction presented in this book will remain so.
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