The Decayed Gentlewoman Author:E. X. Ferrars An old family heirloom, a painting called The Decayed Gentlewoman, had been stolen from Colin Lockie two years before, and attempts to solve the crime had been fruitless. Now it had turned up in an auction room in a small English village, and Colin, fond of the old portrait since childhood, tried to buy it back. — When a sinister-looking str... more »anger, obviously not motivated by sentiment, paid an astonishing amount of money for the picture, Colin was intrigued--and more determined than ever to recover it. He set in motion the machinery for reclaiming his stolen property...and unwittingly set the scene for murder.
Scene: Scotland and England.
This novel has been serialized under the title Legal Steal.« less