The Unknown Masterpiece
The Unknown Masterpiece
An Aliette Nouvelle Mystery
John Brooke
© 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.
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