Essington Holt #01: To Catch a Forger

Essington Holt #01: To Catch a Forger
Robert Wallace
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1 Mar 2022 AU
9781922698179
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A ne' er-do-well artist takes on an international forgery conspiracy in this first mystery by an Australian artist and novelist, (Robin Wallace-Crabbe). Essington Holt, down on his luck in Sydney, is summoned to the French Riviera by his wealthy widowed aunt, Eloise Fabre. She is convinced that forgeries have replaced six Degas monotypes--brothel scenes--that she bought years before. Investigating the insurance broker, lawyer and valuers who had studied the pieces, Holt finds the forger is his aunt' s neighbor, American Clyde Warner. The return of the Degas works is amicably arranged, but the process uncovers a much larger scam involving a new gallery in Australia, a major tax fraud and leads to the murder of the forger and his assistant. After the death of his aunt leaves him a wealthy man, Holt conjures up a brilliant scheme to destroy the forgery plan and the prominent Australians who had dreamed it up. Wallace writes fluidly of life in Australia, and nicely depicts the Riviera and its denizens. Publishers Weekly

#01: To Catch a Forger
#02: An Axe to Grind
#03: Paint Out
#04: Finger Play

Robert Wallace is also the artist Robin Wallace-Crabbe, born 1938 in Melbourne. As a writer and visual artist he has moved between the two mediums for over fifty years, having had thirteen novels published (either in Australia, the UK, and the USA), five under his own name, and eight under the pseudonym - Robert Wallace, and since the early sixties he has had numerous solo exhibitions in Australian capital cities. Including a Survey Exhibition held at the Australian National University in 1980, and another Survey Exhibition touring Australian Regional galleries across Australia between 1990 and 1991. All four of his Essington Holt crime novels will be published in 2022.
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ISBN-13: 9781922698179
Published: 1 Mar 2022
Published In: Australia
Imprint: ETT Imprint
Publisher: ETT Imprint
Format: Paperback
Pages: 210

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