{"product_id":"the-houston-art-chronicles-paperback","title":"The Houston Art Chronicles - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Aarons\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the fourth novel in the Martin Taylor art crime series and begins when Martin returns \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eto New York to give evidence in a murder trial related to the case he had worked on in 2020.\u003cbr\u003eWhilst in New York, the senior editor of the Houston Chronicle newspaper requests a \u003cbr\u003emeeting to discuss an assignment to assist in the purchase of some paintings which will be \u003cbr\u003eauctioned shortly in Houston. The paintings had belonged to a Mexican drug baron who had \u003cbr\u003emoved to Houston and was subsequently assassinated after falling out with his partner in the \u003cbr\u003edrug trade. \u003cbr\u003eThe newspaper also wants to write a serialized article about Martin and his adventures for \u003cbr\u003etheir weekend magazine which he agreed would be a fantastic way to promote his private \u003cbr\u003einvestigation company. \u003cbr\u003eFollowing the auction at which Martin successfully bid for a number of paintings that will be \u003cbr\u003ehung in the boardroom and some of the senior personnel's offices, Martin travelled to Mexico\u003cbr\u003eCity to meet with the art forger who had produced many of the paintings sold at the auction. \u003cbr\u003eHe suspected that the drug baron might have secreted drugs in some of the paintings when he \u003cbr\u003emoved to Houston and this proved to be the case. He was kidnapped whilst in Mexico and \u003cbr\u003ethanks to a friendship he had with a senior officer in the L.A.P.D. he was rescued by a team \u003cbr\u003eof his men in Mexico City tracking the movement of drugs from that city to the USA. The \u003cbr\u003ecolleagues of the arrested Mexican drug baron arranged for an outlaw motorcycle gang to \u003cbr\u003eharass Martin after he returned to Houston and this harassment followed him to Melbourne \u003cbr\u003eand later to Bilbao where his fiancée lived. The action continues in Bilbao right to the end.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 23, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42124002132103,"sku":"9781638124290","price":15.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/6a8078e94dd694f90d8453d367e8aa0b.webp?v=1732569323","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-houston-art-chronicles-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}