Allmen and the dragonflies
By: Martin Suter ; translated by Steph Morris
Contributors: Morris, Steph, translator
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Translated from: ger
Translation of: Allmen und die Libellen
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9781939931573
Subjects: Art thefts; Private investigators; Art; Collectors and collecting; Fiction
Work titles: Allmen und die libellen
Description: "A thrilling art heist escapade infused with European high culture and luxury that doesn't shy away from the darker side of human nature. Johann Friedrich von Allmen, a bon vivant of dandified refinement, has exhausted his family fortune by living in Old World grandeur despite present-day financial constraints. Forced to downscale, Allmen inhabits the garden house of his former Zurich estate, attended by his Guatemalan butler, Carlos. When not reading novels by Balzac and Somerset Maugham, he plays jazz on a Bechstein baby grand. Allmen's fortunes take a sharp turn when he meets a stunning blonde whose lakeside villa contains five Art Nouveau bowls created by renowned French artist Emile Galle and decorated with a dragonfly motif. Allmen, pressured to pay off mounting debts, absconds with the priceless bowls and embarks on a high-risk, potentially violent bid to cash them in. This is the first of a series of humorous, fast-paced detective novels devoted to a memorable gentleman thief who, with his trusted sidekick Carlos, creates an investigative firm to recover missing precious objects."--provided by Amazon.com.
Notes: Translation from the German of: Allmen und die libellen.