David Dickinson

A novel of mystery and deceit set in the Victorian art scene journeys into the underworld where forgeries are made, careers hinge on the success and failure of exhibitions, and art critics sometimes turn up murdered.

Lord Powerscourt investigates a series of robberies from family mansions, a task which quickly turns into a murder investigation after a body is found on Croagh Patrick, the Holy Mountain, on a day when thousands of Irish pilgrims are making their way tothe top.