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Within the palatial walls of Boston's Gardner Museum, paintings by Botticelli and Titian shed artistic light on a hodgepodge of lesser collectibles, all forever fixed in place as decreed by the inflexible terms of Isabella Stewart Gardner's will, which demands that the whole collection be auctioned off should any changes or unwelcome disturbances occur. The museum's very boyish director, Titus Moon, turns a blind eye to such pranks as tadpoles in the courtyard fountain and ghostly music in the galleries, but even he is appalled when a particularly awful benefactor meets an untimely end. Langton (Good and Dead) tucks her tongue firmly in cheek before treating readers to a wild and wholly enjoyable ride on the trail of the dangerous trickster. Although a bit light on motive and suspense, this exceedingly charming mystery more than makes up its weight in laughs called down upon the antics of one hapless character after the nextexuberant Polly, who gallumphs through cataloguing chores, wise and wily Catherine Rule, and the ubiquitous Mrs. Garboyle, who seems to be running Boston single-handedly from her basement apartment. Elegant line drawings by the author accompany the text.
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Tadpoles in the fountain lead to murder in the corridor of Boston's IsabellaStewart Gardner Museum. The trustees call in Homer Kelly, ex-cop and Harvardlecturer, to solve the case.
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Within the palatial walls of Boston's Gardner Museum, paintings by Botticelli and Titian shed artistic light on a hodgepodge of lesser collectibles, all forever fixed in place as decreed by the inflexible terms of Isabella Stewart Gardner's will, which demands that the whole collection be auctioned off should any changes or unwelcome disturbances occur. The museum's very boyish director, Titus Moon, turns a blind eye to such pranks as tadpoles in the courtyard fountain and ghostly music in the galleries, but even he is appalled when a particularly awful benefactor meets an untimely end. Langton (Good and Dead) tucks her tongue firmly in cheek before treating readers to a wild and wholly enjoyable ride on the trail of the dangerous trickster. Although a bit light on motive and suspense, this exceedingly charming mystery more than makes up its weight in laughs called down upon the antics of one hapless character after the nextexuberant Polly, who gallumphs through cataloguing chores, wise and wily Catherine Rule, and the ubiquitous Mrs. Garboyle, who seems to be running Boston single-handedly from her basement apartment. Elegant line drawings by the author accompany the text.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Tadpoles in the fountain lead to murder in the corridor of Boston's IsabellaStewart Gardner Museum. The trustees call in Homer Kelly, ex-cop and Harvardlecturer, to solve the case.
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TITUS MOON met Catherine Rule on the back strairway of the Gardner Museum. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
west cloister, dark red squares, east cloister, north cloister, seven trustees, watch desk, other trustees, new catalogue Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Titus Moon, Gardner Museum, Catherine Rule, Charlie Tibby, Homer Kelly, John Bodkin, Tom Duck, Aurora O'Doyle, Edward Fallfold, Madeline Hepplewhite, Polly Swallow, Shackleton Bowditch, Gerard Fouchelle, Peggy Foley, Robbie Crowlie, Preston Carver, Fulton Hillside, Tapestry Room, Fatcat Enterprises, New York, Miss Brisket, Palace Road, Early Italian Room, Kansas Street, Miss Rule New!
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TITUS MOON met Catherine Rule on the back strairway of the Gardner Museum. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
west cloister, dark red squares, east cloister, north cloister, seven trustees, watch desk, other trustees, new catalogue Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Titus Moon, Gardner Museum, Catherine Rule, Charlie Tibby, Homer Kelly, John Bodkin, Tom Duck, Aurora O'Doyle, Edward Fallfold, Madeline Hepplewhite, Polly Swallow, Shackleton Bowditch, Gerard Fouchelle, Peggy Foley, Robbie Crowlie, Preston Carver, Fulton Hillside, Tapestry Room, Fatcat Enterprises, New York, Miss Brisket, Palace Road, Early Italian Room, Kansas Street, Miss Rule New!
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- The Divine Comedy (The Inferno, The Purgatorio, and The Paradiso) by Dante Alighieri on page 247, and page 286
- God in Concord (A Homer Kelly Mystery) by Jane Langton in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Emily Dickinson Is Dead: A Homer Kelly Mystery by Jane Langton in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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- The Deserter: Murder at Gettysburg by Mrs. Jane Langton in Front Matter, and Back Cover
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- What to Read: The Essential Guide for Reading Group Members and Other Book Lovers by Mickey Pearlman on page 256
- The Literature Teacher's Book Of Lists (J-B Ed: Book of Lists) by Judie L. H. Strouf on page 86
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