June 7th 2004 The Devil’s Hunt. Also by Arturo Peréz-Reverte. We’d love your help.

Since the publication of A sleek and sophisticated chamber mystery about art, life and chess. And stop there. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later?
At times I felt like I was watching a VHS copy of a Double Jeopardy era mystery/suspense film.

"The clue to a murder in the art world of contemporary Madrid lies hidden in a medieval painting of a game of chess.
And stop there.

The plot was complex, and Arturo managed to create an unusual whodunit by peppering his detective story with elements from the arcane worlds of reverse-chess and philosophy of perception. His plot is of remarkable simplicity: a talented picture restorer, Julia, is commissioned to work on a 15th century Flemish painting called The Game of Chess: a nobleman and a knight are depicted playing at a chessboard, watched by a young woman.Cleaning the picture, Julia uncovers a question in Latin: 'Who Killed the Knight?' The characters lacked common sense. The motivations of the killer left me scratching my head and I've read quite a few crime novels with outlandish premises. According to his biography in the book, this man had nothing to do with the story. Yet two years before he could sit for the portrait, one of them was murdered. All the elements of his novels are present: interesting and complex characters, a modern mystery that plays out against a historical backdrop, in-depth descriptions that bring to life arcane subjects - in Club Dumas the antique book trade, in Fencing Master fencing, in this book, chess. I don't play chess, but I still found it thoroughly enigmatic and engaging. I found the setting of the story to be very believable as far as the art restoration and museum milieu. It was undoubtedly well-researched, but the plot didn't grab me. I liked the main character, Julia, and I was fascinated by the mystery inside a mystery of the painting. It dealt with medieval history, art restoration, chess, deduction, ...AND MURDER. All the elements of his novels are present: interesting and complex characters, a modern mystery that plays out against a historical backdrop, in-depth descriptions that bring to life arcane subjects - in Club Dumas the antique book trade, in Fencing Master fencing, in this book, chess. Translation: Who killed the knight? continue to respect all commenters and create constructive debates. He started his journalistic career writing for the now-defunct newspaper “You don't choose your friends, they choose you, and you either reject them or you accept them without reservations.”“Chess is all about getting the king into check, you see. In 20th-century Madrid, Julia, a picture restorer preparing the painting for auction, uncovers a hidden inscription in Latin that points to the crime: Arturo Peréz-Reverte was born in Cartagena in 1951. I think this would have made a great short story about discovering the story behind the painting via chess. The five hundred years old game of chess from an old painting comes to life. While running her tests she discovers a hidden message under the tablecloth saying: Who killed the knight? I also recoil at burning or throwing away this books, but I threw this one away. Especially galling was the villain, complete with a needlessly complicated, and mostly pointless, plan that seems to exist only so that the novel might exist. Real Pieter Van Huys lived 100 years later and his style was completely different (more like Hieronymus Bosch). On paper I should have loved this book. But no, the flat characters lived up their predictable ending.Half way into this book I was almost ready to give it up. But no, there is some convoluted and needlessly graphic murder plot that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. "The Flanders Panel" was the first Perez-Reverte book I read, and as soon as I finished it, I was ready for more! {{#replies}} It's... well, what is it? I think this would have made a great short story about discovering the story behind the painting via chess.

$10.99. The plot was complex, and Arturo managed to create an unusual whodunit by peppering his detective story with elements from the arcane worlds of reverse-chess and philosophy of perception. Buy a discounted Paperback of The Flanders Panel online from Australia's leading online bookstore. As mediocre a player as I am, I was still able to follow the descriptions and logic of the moves and the use of a 500 year old chess game that is relevant to the mystery unfolding before us is just flat-out clever.I have never been more insulted by a book than I have by this one. The tale may have felt a bit more heavy handed this time, but I think that's only because I knew who the murderer was and as Sherlock Holmes says, "I only saw it because I knew what I was looking for." Click Download or Read Online button to The Flanders Panel book pdf for free now. I never felt that tug pulling me to the book and forcing me to continue reading. The most insightful comments on all subjects

Life as a game that must be puzzled out; life as a combat whose outcome depends on deliberate moves: these are the convictions chess shares with that other game, the detective story. Read as a trashy mystery novel, there's really nothing objectionable about this, although for some reason, I was really expecting more. Yet two years before he could sit for the portrait, one of them was murdered. But murders start taking place around Julia and then the chess game becomes a death threat. I had difficulty connecting with his world ofFor the most part "The Flanders Panel" was a disappointment. Spanish novelist and ex-journalist.


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