u003cbu003eIconic, tough-but-tender Boston PI Spenser delves into the black market art scene to investigate a decades-long unsolved crime of dangerous proportions.u003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e The heist was legendary, still talked about twenty years after the priceless paintings disappeared from one of Boston's premier art museums. Most thought the art was lost forever, buried deep, sold off overseas, or, worse, destroyed as incriminating evidence. But when paint chips from the most valuable piece stolen, u003ciu003eGentlemen in Blacku003c/iu003e by a Spanish master, arrives at the desk of a Boston journalist, the museum finds hope and enlists Spenser's help.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e Soon the cold art case thrusts Spenser into the shady world of black market art dealers, aged Mafia bosses, and old vendettas. A five-million-dollar-reward by the museum's top benefactor, an aged, unlikable Boston socialite, sets Spenser and pals Vinnie Morris and Hawk onto a trail of hidden secrets, jailhouse confessions, and decades-old murders.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e Set against the high-society art scene and the low-life back alleys of Boston, this is classic Spenser doing what he does best.
