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Title	:	The Titian Committee (Jonathan Argyll #2)
Author	:	Iain Pears
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 230 pages
Published	:	May 1st 1999 by Berkley (first published March 21st 1991)
Categories	:	Mystery. Fiction. Art. Crime. Cultural. Italy

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A few years ago there was a radio program called "The Car Guys" where the hosts would take live call-ins and try to solve car problems by listening to owner/driver descriptions. The hosts, who were brothers, were extremely knowledgeable and also very funny. They also somewhat regularly made fun of people who got degrees in art history for having gotten educated in something that has no practical value. I freely admit I saw their point.

And then I discovered Iain Pears. My goodness! There are people who take art very seriously - some even willing to commit murder in its name. OK, the murder part might be a real life exaggeration. The Titian Committee opens with the discovery of a body in a city garden. The gardener has spent months cultivating the lilies which are destined to festoon dining tables of the committee. He discovers that one of the committee members has had the bad taste to have been murdered and found lying in this flower bed, destroying his work.

I know little to nothing about art. So far in this series I have recognized the names of the artists, but probably have never seen any of their work. So why do I keep reading them? Pears writes wonderfully well and wittily. If that were not enough, his characters are believable, but perhaps with one characteristic that he plays to the hilt. Flavia di Stefano has an unparalleled appetite and Jonathan Argyll is an acute observer, but gathers what appears to be extraneous information. While Jonathan is the art historian, Flavia is the brains.

The other interesting - to me - side of these is the art history. In this, part of the mystery involves a love triangle of the 16th Century painter, Titian. I have no idea whether there was an actual love triangle. I think Pears definitely uses his imagination to make a good novel, but I also suspect not everything in this novel (or series) is fabricated. Pears certainly uses all of his resources, historical and otherwise, to give us a good plot. Part of my 4-star rating for this one may be that I like the series so much.

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Original Title:	The Titian Committee
ISBN:	0425168956 (ISBN13: 9780425168950)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Jonathan Argyll #2
Characters:	Jonathan Argyll
Setting:	Venice(Italy)

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In The Titian Committee, the junior, female member of a group of art historians is found murdered in a Venice botanical garden. Local police suspect that its a mugging gone wrong but when Flavia makes an appearance on the scene, she suspects a more malicious intent. Soon, interviews with the surviving members of the committee reveal a web of personal rivalries, dislikes, and unethical doings. And when the surviving members become not-all-still-surviving, it becomes clear that at least one

Let me paint you a picture. A picture of exquisite boredom.

The second book in Iain Pears Jonathan Argyle Art Mysteries is also my second go round with this delightful series (Still cant believe these enjoyable literary pastries are from the same author of the dense & amazing quadraphonic book An Instance of the Fingerpost). And I look forward to more in this series. Why? Jonathan & Flavia are a delight. The mysteries are, well, mysterious. Droll humor weaves in & out (worth it with just the takes on the goofy Italian justice system). Theres

Great read for a Sunday afternoon on the couch! Wish I was back in Italy.

Another charming little book of murder and intrigue. This time we get lost in the alleys and canals of Venice, zipping off on a quick side trip to a French village in an Alfa Romeo. Ahh. Am growing fond of General Bottando from the Italian National Art Theft Squad, the super cool & clever Flavia and the humble, Hugh Grant style bumbling but charming Argyll. On to book three.

Well this book hit all the right buttons for me. I enjoy the author, love mysteries, the setting is Italy and deals with Art, along with art theft and art history and features the Italian National Art Theft Squad.A good book that is a fast read, and touches on the Italians love of bureaucracy, the Italians frustration with bureaucracy, the Italians regional dislike of each other, each Italian character making sure they have time to eat huge meals and one character who gets his undies in an

Finally, a second-book-in-the-series that is better than the first! Another whodunnit in the "Art History" series. This one takes place in Venice, and is short and snappy and amusing and I will look for the rest in the series.