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The Da Vinci Affair (Dercum Value Collections)
The Da Vinci Affair - Dercum Value Collections Author:Richard Prather Big, sun-bronzed and white-haired Sheldon "Shell" Scott-happy go lucky Los Angeles private eye-is hired by superrich G. Raney Madison to recover a uniquely valuable work of art stolen from his mansion in Bel Air. The work is a large drawing done by Leonardo Da Vinci, as preparation for his painting The Battle of Anghiari, and for which Madi... more »son recently paid $280,000. Madison wants Shell to not only recover his Da Vinci, but to identify both the thief and whoever will be receiving the drawing-all without letting anyone know he's in the picture. Shell soon meets a would-be killer who dies trying, a reformed art thief named Lupo, and an unreformed one named Spaniel. As well as unsavory men he meets very savory women: red-haired Ardith Mellow and black-haired Ingrid Otterman. Shell precipitates a busty brawl between them that seems at least as interesting as whatever happened at Anghiari; and pursues the case through many mishaps and curiosities.« less