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Provenance
One good turn can change your life forever…
When a dying man collapses in the National Gallery, Charlie Marks is on hand to comfort him. His reward is a painting, left to him in the old man’s will, which could be a priceless work by a legendary Old Master.
Or then again, it could be a worthless fake…
Charlie, a lowly gallery assistant, enlists the help of his young colleague Devon Lamb to help prove the work’s provenance, but it soon transpires that someone else is after the painting – and they’re prepared to kill to get it.
A web of treachery and violence begins to engulf Charlie as he embarks on a desperate search for the truth… a truth which might lie closer to home than he ever imagined.
Provenance is the latest thriller from Steven F. Galloway - author of The Lake and Sarah Dee Was Here.
When a dying man collapses in the National Gallery, Charlie Marks is on hand to comfort him. His reward is a painting, left to him in the old man’s will, which could be a priceless work by a legendary Old Master.
Or then again, it could be a worthless fake…
Charlie, a lowly gallery assistant, enlists the help of his young colleague Devon Lamb to help prove the work’s provenance, but it soon transpires that someone else is after the painting – and they’re prepared to kill to get it.
A web of treachery and violence begins to engulf Charlie as he embarks on a desperate search for the truth… a truth which might lie closer to home than he ever imagined.
Provenance is the latest thriller from Steven F. Galloway - author of The Lake and Sarah Dee Was Here.
445 pages, Paperback
Published August 12, 2019
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January 27, 2024
This book is brilliant - it gripped me from the start and the pacing was spot on. I loved the main character and his apparent apathy towards art and life in general. Five stars 🌟
September 25, 2019
This is the first book I’ve read by Steven F. Galloway, and it definitely won’t be the last. The story gripped me from the very beginning, and although it appears to draw inspiration from the BBC’s Fake or Fortune (a series that seeks to determine a painting’s authenticity through traditional and scientific means), it wraps the concept up into a gripping page-turner.
The story is told from the perspective of Charlie, a gallery assistant who suddenly finds himself in unlikely possession of a potentially priceless painting, and Dawn, a socially awkward but knowledgable expert on Flemish art. I loved how the book seamlessly switches between the two characters.
Overall, a fantastic read - give it a go!
The story is told from the perspective of Charlie, a gallery assistant who suddenly finds himself in unlikely possession of a potentially priceless painting, and Dawn, a socially awkward but knowledgable expert on Flemish art. I loved how the book seamlessly switches between the two characters.
Overall, a fantastic read - give it a go!
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