THE LOST VAN GOGH
Book ID/图书代码： 01360507B13762
English Summary/英文概要： When Vincent van Gogh’s Portrait of Monsieur Trabuc turns up unexpectedly at the Metropolitan Museum of Art—a $50 million painting shipped from Argentina via UPS, like an ordinary package—the case goes to Clay Ryder, the NYPD Major Case Squad detective assigned to art theft.
Ryder discovers that in Paris, late 1944, a Jewish widow accused a German SS officer of stealing the painting. The officer was reported to have died in a car crash at the war’s end, and the whereabouts of the Trabuc between then and now remain a mystery. Ryder’s search for the widow’s heirs leads him to Rachel Meredith, who teaches at NYU. The museum presents the painting to her in a spectacular public ceremony that winds up on the front page of newspapers around the world.
Though the case is closed, Ryder can’t seem to shake it. When Rachel Meredith is attacked, she calls on him; what might be a simple assault doesn’t quite add up. And he still wonders who sent the van Gogh from Argentina. One of his most reliable contacts in the art world floats a theory that ties the van Gogh portrait to a black market auction in the 70’s that might have involved a Swiss art dealer and an international crime kingpin with unlimited cash. Then Israel’s Mossad pays Ryder a clandestine visit; the news splash about the van Gogh is the first link they’ve had to the SS officer in decades.
Meanwhile, art dealers, auction houses, and museums vie to buy the van Gogh from Rachel Meredith. When she refuses to sell, the situation goes from predatory to violent. Ryder has to race against time to outmaneuver a cunning mastermind who will resort to as many murders as it takes to get hold of the Trabuc.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 当文森特梵高的肖像画花费5000万美元，重金从阿根廷通过UPS运来，出乎意料的出现在大都会艺术博物馆时--一切显然没有简单，纽约市警察局重案组侦探克莱.莱德，被委任对此艺术品失窃案展开调查。
莱德发现，在1994年底的巴黎，有一位犹太遗孀状告德国纳粹军官偷盗油画的案例。据报道，这名军官在战争后期死于一场车祸，自此油画下落未知。于是莱德开始对犹太遗孀的继承人展开调查，也就是任教于纽约大学的蕾切尔.梅勒迪斯。博物馆在一次场面隆重的公众仪式上，将此油画赠予蕾切尔，一时之间成为各大报纸头版头条争相报道的对象。
此案看似已结，但对于莱德来说却仅仅是一个开始...
他在暗中密切关注。蕾切尔如果受到攻击，就会与莱德取得联系，但是此举似乎并没有带来他想要的答案。莱德迫切想要知道究竟是谁将油画从阿根廷运到了纽约。一位在艺术界的熟人给他提供了些想法。将梵高的油画和黑道交易市场的拍卖设置关联，这个交易市场牵涉到一个瑞士艺术品商人和一位无比富有的国际犯罪首脑人物。之后以色列情报和特殊使命局秘密召见了莱德，原来数十年来，梵高是他们与德国纳粹产生关联的第一个纽带。
与此同时，画商、拍卖行还有博物馆竞相从蕾切尔处购买油画，当蕾切尔表示拒绝出售，随之掠夺转化为残忍的暴力，蕾切尔开始了谋害者之间分秒必争的斗智斗勇...(兼职翻译-FSF)
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About the Author/作者介绍： A. J. Zerries 是夫妻档写作团队。之前他们在一些广告公司同一个创作团队，吉恩负责文案编写，阿尔担任艺术总监要职，还是全国很有知名度的肖像画家。《遗失的梵高》使他们联手打造的首部作品。目前这对恩爱夫妻居住在纽约亨廷顿。
A. J. Zerries is the husband and wife writing team of Al and Jean Zerries. Previously, they worked together as a creative team at several advertising agencies, Jean as a copywriter, Al as an art director. Al is an accomplished and nationally recognized portraitist. The Lost van Gogh is their first novel. They currently reside in Huntington, New York.
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