The Unknown Masterpiece

The Unknown Masterpiece

An Aliette Nouvelle Mystery

John Brooke

Signature Editions

© 2012, John Brooke

Print Edition ISBN 978-1-897109-98-4

Epub Edition, 2012

ISBN 978-1-927426-08-1

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, for any reason, by any means, without the permission of the publisher.

Cover design by Terry Gallagher/Doowah Design.

Photograph of John Brooke by Anne Laudouar.

Shoemaker painting on front cover by Willem van Nieuwenhoven (1879-1973). The author has unsuccessly sought the family/estate of W. van Nieuwenhoven. In good faith, jb

We acknowledge the support of The Canada Council for the Arts and the Manitoba Arts Council for our publishing program.

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Brooke, John, 1951 Aug. 27-

The unknown masterpiece / John Brooke.

(An Aliette Nouvelle mystery)

I. Title. II. Series: Brooke, John, 1951 Aug. 27- .

Aliette Nouvelle mystery.

PS8553.R6542U65 2012     C813’.54     C2012-906322-3

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Contents

Prologue

Part 1

This Side, That Side

1. Piaf as Marker

2. Crime Scene

3. Crime of Passion?

4. Heading for the Border

5. Zup

6. Angel on a Rock

7. Not Just Another Morning at FedPol

8. Our Murder, Their Painting

9. Josephina’s role

10. More Role-playing at Zup

11. Game Changer

12. A Different Kind of Man

13. Info on an Angel

14. Friday at FedPol

15. View from VigiTec

Part 2

Fantasy Weekend for One in Basel

16. A Bit of Pleasure

17. Rudi’s Day in the Twilight Zone

18. Trapped in This Life

19. Parsing a Mother’s Message

20.