false 11031 41 Julia, a young Madrid art restorer, is pulled into a shadowy world of metaphor when she discovers a long-covered inscription on a Flemish painting: <i>Who killed the knight?</i> Art, chess and murder are intertwined in this elegant, seductive mystery in the manner of The Name of the Rose. 1248065 book 1988 The Flanders Panel total:1527|5:331|4:605|3:448|2:110|1:33| 1527 5672 1912 179 4 8 false true Sun Jun 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 03:06:34 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 01:54:29 -0700 2009 WARNING. IF YOU ARE A SERIOUS CHESSPLAYER, DO NOT READ THIS REVIEW BEFORE YOU HAVE FINISHED THE NOVEL AND THOUGHT ABOUT IT A BIT. TRUST ME.

My friend Cathy (also a chessplayer) told me I had to read this, and she was indeed right. I couldn't put it down, and finished it in about a day. It...more...]]> 4 3 false false Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Thu May 31 09:50:20 -0700 2007 Thu May 31 10:42:43 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 2 false false Tue Sep 02 09:21:02 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 09:29:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Feb 17 10:55:10 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 10:55:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 3 false false Thu Dec 04 06:39:13 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 08:11:02 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Sep 27 14:27:31 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 14:39:41 -0700 2009
I believe this is Perez-Reverte's first n...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jun 17 00:55:21 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 09:40:14 -0700 2009 This was written brilliantly!
If one loves the game of chess, one would love this novel.

Not only was this a story about a masterpiece; the story was woven as if like playing a chess game. I was intellectually stimulated and aroused!

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In the course of restoring a painting being prepared for auction, the young, talented female restorer stumbles upon a centuries old murder mystery. Tracking down the clues left behind by the painter, she becomes entangled in a curre...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Apr 05 16:12:33 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 16 18:44:06 -0700 2008
I've read almost everything Arturo Perez-Reverte has written, and this is by far my favorite - I even like it better than "The Club Dumas," which is probably his most famous and was the first book of his I ever read.

Five reasons why I love th...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 23 16:03:14 -0800 2007 Fri Jan 04 20:32:32 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Apr 02 08:32:32 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 08:37:52 -0700 2009 It's an intelligent crime story with loads of erudite references and technical detail about obscure things like medieval armoury, restoration of ...more...]]>