Mortal Ruin - Hardcover

John Malcolm

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ISBN 10: 0684189585 ISBN 13: 9780684189581

Publisher: Charles Scribner, 1988

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Set in the artworld, this thriller involves Moreton Frewen who was once linked with financial disaster on both sides of the Atlantic. On his track is art investment specialist Tim Simpson, for Frewen apparently owned a treasure worth a fortune.

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This is the sixth adventure for Tim Simpson ( The Gwen John Sculpture , Whistler in the Dark , etc.), former rugby player-turned-art expert and merchant banker. Here Tim traces the history of Winston Churchill's uncle, Moreton Frewenknown as Mortal Ruin for his many disastrous financial schemes. In Chicago to evaluate the possibility of opening another American branch of Christerby's, his firm's art-auction house, Tim is set upon by three thugs who are after his briefcase. The office of the firm's lawyers is burglarized, and then a man holding gold-mine certificates once owned by Frewen is killed. A complicated trail based on the hypothetical existence of an unknown Sargent portrait of the three Jerome sisters (Jenny Jerome was Sir Winston's mother) leads Tim back to New York and then to a remote cottage in Ireland. A likable and erudite supporting cast includes Tim's roommate Sue, a curator at the Tate, and the aged son of a retainer at the Frewen estate near Cork. Simpson and company offer pleasant entertainment as they explore greed and other passions easily aroused by fine art.
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PublisherCharles Scribner
Publication date1988
ISBN 10 0684189585
ISBN 13 9780684189581
BindingHardcover
Edition number1
Number of pages192
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Mortal Ruin, ("Tim Simpson" Series #6), Uncorrected Advance Proof, First Edition, New

Malcolm, John

Published by Charles Scribner (1988)

ISBN 10: 0684189585 ISBN 13: 9780684189581

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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Softcover, trade paperback format, Uncorrected Advance Proof, bound in light blue card-stock like covers with publishing information printed on front, Condition: New, Unread, Spine Not Broken, Cover is very slight faded along edges with a small bump to bottom right point/corner, First American Edition, First Printing, Full # print line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 as printed on copyright page, #6 of 15 in the "Tim Simpson" mystery series: * 1. A Back Room in Somers Town (1984) 2. The Godwin Sideboard (1984) 3. The Gwen John Sculpture (1985) 4. Whistler in the Dark (1986) 5. Gothic Pursuit (1987) 6. Mortal Ruin (1988) 7. The Wrong Impression (1990) 8. Sheep, Goats and Soap (1991) 9. A Deceptive Appearance (1992) 10. The Burning Ground (1993) 11. Hung over (1994) 12. Into the Vortex (1996) 13. Simpson's Homer (2001) 14. Circles and Squares (2003) 15. Rogues' Gallery (2005). Seller Inventory # ABE-1680287755448

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