Eyespy by fraser parker3/19/2023 A beautiful young woman arrives with a painting under her arm and both Sir Gabriel and his assistant, an athletic young art expert, immediately recognize the master strokes of Rembrandt. One of the services Sir Gabriel offers through his art gallery is free inspection of family heirlooms to see if someone has a treasure hiding among their pictures. Next up, is Sir Gabriel Gulliver, a renowned art expert, who tells Sir John of an odd incident involving an unknown Rembrandt. He's still not looking to prosecute, however, he's just going to talk to his "book man" and find out more about the providence of the papers. Until he holds one of the sheets up to the light (to point out the cleverness of the forger's attention to detail) and he discovers that somebody has produced a forgery of a forgery. It seems that he has been trying to corner the market on famous forgeries and he's quite gleeful about his purchase. Gribble isn't complaining about the forgeries. It all begins innocently enough in Sir John's club (whose motto makes up the title) when two of his friends approach him over "something that is just up street." Charles Gribble produces a sheaf of papers-all forgeries of works purported to be by George Meredith. But that doesn't prevent him from being pulled into an active role in the murder of a rare books seller. Sir John has risen to the highest echelons of Scotland Yard and is concerned with purely administrative duties. Silence Observed (1961) is the 19th entry in Michael Innes's Sir John Appleby series. Deal Me In Week #8: "The Divided House".Deal Me In Week #9: "Human Interest Stuff".Thrilling Stories of the Railway: Review.Harry & Bess's Excellent Adventure: Review.Trixie Belden & the Gatehouse Mystery: Review.
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