The Jade Venus

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Publication Year:
2011

ISBN-13: 9781453233320

<b>Hoodlums steal a worthless painting, and Kent Murdock wants to know why</b><DIV>A collection of valuable Italian paintings finds its way to Boston, placed in the care of Professor Andrade. Before passing them to a museum, the professor hires newspaper photographer Kent Murdock to document them. On his way to the assignment, Murdock is stopped by a gunman named Erloff, who steals the reporter&rsquo;s identification&mdash;and pays his own visit to the professor.</div><DIV>&#160;</div><DIV>But Erloff is not after the expensive stuff. He cracks Andrade on the skull and leaves with nothing but a worthless painting of a green-hued Venus. Murdock is perplexed. Why all the trouble for an ugly piece of modern art? But the jade Venus holds a terrible secret&mdash;and blood will flow before it comes to light.</div>