Art detectives Sarah Kelling and Max Bittersohn close in on "The Resurrection Man," a masterful art restorer who robs his customers of their precious treasures after he's done the repairs. McLeod peoples her stories with a diverse cast of characters (literally and figuratively). Narrator Peiffer enlivens the elderly, the young, and a variety of eccentrics who come alive amid her varied skills. This old-fashioned yet contemporary story is rich with amusing text and dialogue, all enhanced by this fine reading. S.G.B. © AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine--
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From Kirkus Reviews
This tenth outing for investigators (specializing in art and antiques) Max and Sarah Bittersohn (The Silver Ghost, 1988, etc.) finds them spending a summer in Sarah's Beacon Hill house in Boston and deeply involved in the murder of Sarah's aged old friend George Protheroe, found stabbed to death in the overstuffed mansion he shared with unflappable wife Anora. Max and Sarah sense a connection to recent thefts of artworks newly restored by Bartolo Arbalest, who calls himself ``the Resurrection Man.'' After a series of eerie misfortunes, Arbalest has set up a tightly controlled atelier of artisans and restorers--all of them bodyguarded by patrician Carnaby Goudge. As mourners gather at the Protheroe home after George's funeral, a second murder begins to reveal the long-ago-in-India roots of the present carnage. The heavy-handed, near-parody plot is loaded with excess in all departments--myriad details of food, clothes, and furniture; arch dialogue; red herrings; fey characters; and, in the end, massive ennui. Strictly for faithful fans. --
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