When we visited the National Gallery, I decided to pick up a book. On artworld crime and mystery. A bit like The Da Vinci Code. So I opened a couple of books by the author Iain Pears, discovered this particular title at the top of the list, assumed it must be the first one in the Jonathan Argyll series, so bought it. As I read, I quickly realised it was not the first, so looked it up on the web ... it was the most recent one! So now I have met characters from earlier books that will make some of the mysteries a lot less mysterious! Never mind, I enjoyed this as a lighthearted good tube read, and do plan on reading the earlier ones - hopefully in the right order this time!
An interesting side note ... having finished the book, I overheard one of the key paintings being talked about on a DVD from the National Gallery - Claude's "Cephalus and Procris". Interestingly, the link I have just given leads to a picture at the National Gallery where this couple are reunited by Diana ... however, it refers to another picture where Claude depicts the death of Procris, which apparently is now missing, and it is this painting that is referred to in the book (and I thought they might have handed it back!).
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