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The clue to a murder in the art world of contemporary Madrid lies hidden in a medieval painting of a game of chess.

In a 15th-century Flemish painting two noblemen are pictured playing chess. Yet two years before he could sit for the portrait, one of them was murdered. In 20th-century Madrid, Julia, a picture restorer preparing the painting for auction, uncovers a hidden inscription in Latin that points to the crime: Quis necavit equitem? Who killed the knight? But as she teams up with a brilliant chess theoretician to retrace the moves, she discovers the deadly game is not yet over.



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A sleek and sophisticated chamber mystery about art, life and chess. Madly clever * New York Times *
Gives murder a touch of class...delightfully absorbing * Observer *
In its intellectual background detail it is reminiscent of Umberto Eco's novels...hard to stop reading -- Michael Eaude * Times Literary Supplement *

The Flanders Panel

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    A Paperback / softback by Arturo Peréz-Reverte, Margaret Jull Costa

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage
      Published 5 June 1997
      ISBN-13 9780099453956
      978-0099453956
      ISBN-10 0099453959
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The clue to a murder in the art world of contemporary Madrid lies hidden in a medieval painting of a game of chess.

      In a 15th-century Flemish painting two noblemen are pictured playing chess. Yet two years before he could sit for the portrait, one of them was murdered. In 20th-century Madrid, Julia, a picture restorer preparing the painting for auction, uncovers a hidden inscription in Latin that points to the crime: Quis necavit equitem? Who killed the knight? But as she teams up with a brilliant chess theoretician to retrace the moves, she discovers the deadly game is not yet over.



      Trade Review
      A sleek and sophisticated chamber mystery about art, life and chess. Madly clever * New York Times *
      Gives murder a touch of class...delightfully absorbing * Observer *
      In its intellectual background detail it is reminiscent of Umberto Eco's novels...hard to stop reading -- Michael Eaude * Times Literary Supplement *

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