The Appraisal
About this ebook
When wealthy octogenarian Geza Marton hires art expert Helena Marsh to buy back his familyÕs Titian painting, Helena flies to Budapest to close what she expects will be a reasonably simple sale. But nothing is ever simple in this beautiful, flawed city where corruption abounds. Helena discovers that there are multiple bidders for the painting, including some dangerous Slavs. Soon there are also dead bodies, and a complicated history that leads her to men Marton knew in Vorkuta, one of StalinÕs notorious gulags.
As she works to unravel the truth of the paintingÕs ownership and dodges her tail, the dogged ex-detective Attila Feher, Helena is forced to call on all her considerable skills to stay alive and out of jail. Smart, fast-paced, and wildly entertaining, The Appraisal is a terrific thriller set against BudapestÕs corruption and lost promise.
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About the author
Born in Budapest, Anna Porter is the award-winning author of seven books, both non-fiction (The Ghosts of Europe, KasztnerÕs Train, The Storyteller, and Buying a Better World) and mystery novels (Mortal Sins, Hidden Agenda, and Bookfair Murders). She co-founded Key Porter Books, an influential publishing house she ran for over 20 years. She is an Officer of the Order of Canada and has received the Order of Ontario. She lives in Toronto with her husband and the occasionally behaved dachshund, Gustav.
