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The Flanders Panel
Nov 1, 2024 6:40 AM

Author:Arturo Peréz-Reverte,Margaret Jull Costa

The Flanders Panel

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.

Reviews

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

Blisteringly funny... My Name Is Legion is not one of those soft-centred satires that ducks the issue. It throws down the gauntlet to Fleet Street and asks some tough questions of the newspapers we read

—— David Robson , Sunday Telegraph

My Name Is Legion weaves a compelling modern morality tale of crime and punishment that links the world of the rich and powerful to that of the poor and dispossessed... All of this is highly enjoyable, and kept going with an irresistibly waspish verve

—— Amanda Craig , Independent on Sunday

The most spot-on novel about Fleet Street ever written... Chillingly accurate

—— Harry Mount , Daily Telegraph

A big, broad, sweeping book, as disturbing as it is funny

—— Guardian

Brilliantly inventive... A disturbing and highly original novel

—— Stephen Glover , Daily Mail

At its heart, this is a novel about the tabloid press in modern Britain. The scenes involving The Legion, its monstrous proprietor Lennox Mark and its variously brutal, corrupt of self-loathing journalists, are where Wilson's imagination has really been unleashed... Terrifyingly funny

—— Independent

It's a wonder it hasn't been snapped up for telly

—— Scotland on Sunday

Full marks to Susan Hill for her ability to face the unfaceable

—— Eurocrime.co.uk

This morbidly funny page-turner will have you guessing until the end

—— Holly Fraser , She Magazine

Accomplished thriller... Turn of Mind is an incisive, humane exploration of how we can rail against our need for close relationships with others, feeling that they undermine our independence, even as we keep coming back for more

—— Josie Barnard , Times Literary Supplement

Turn of Mind is a difficult read emotionally, but more than justifies the reader's investment with its sublime writing and pitch-perfect plotting. As a drama it is scintillating, but transcends the boundaries of a mere thriller with a stunning exploration of a devastating illness. This is a book of tremendous value

—— Bookgeeks.co.uk

This is a beautifully-written book with a dark mystery at its heart

—— Bookbag

Turn of Mind is an incredibly powerful novel, handled with an infinite amount of care and sensitivity that entertains and educates from beginning to end

—— Milosrambles.com

It sounds like an impossible task: to write a murder mystery from the perspective of a suspect with Alzheimer's. And yet Alice LaPlante pulls it off and with some flair... Unforgettable

—— Alison Flood , Observer

The twists and turns of mind this novel charts are haunting and original

—— New York Times Book Review

Gripping...compelling

—— Stephen Amidon , Washington Post
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