Man with a Squirrel, Nicholas Kilmer
Man with a Squirrel, Nicholas Kilmer
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Man with a Squirrel

Author: Nicholas Kilmer

Narrator: John Lescault

Unabridged: 8 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/23/2010

Synopsis

In this sequel to Harmony in Flesh and Black, the debut of Kilmer’s mystery series set in the Boston art world, we’re reacquainted with the passionate non-collector Fred Taylor. Fred, prowling the antique and jumble shops of Boston’s Charles Street, enters a favorite old haunt—Oona’s—run by a woman unafraid to deal in art with a questionable past.Oona offers Fred a painting, the image of a common gray squirrel on a chain, which he discovers has been cut from a larger canvas. Believing it was painted by an important eighteenth-century American master, he snaps up the fragment and then sets out to find the rest of the work of art. Murder, mayhem, and vandalism soon join the violence already associated with the painting.

About Nicholas Kilmer

Nicholas Kilmer, formerly dean of the Swain School of Design in New Bedford, Massachusetts, presently makes his living in the art business.

About John Lescault

Patrick Cullen (a.k.a. John Lescault), a native of Massachusetts, is a graduate of the Catholic University of America. He lives in Washington, DC, where he works in theater.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jill on July 02, 2018

Man with a Squirrel. (Fred Taylor Art Mystery Series, Book 2) 8.05 hrs. Nicholas Kilmer, Narrated by Patrick Cullen. Fred Taylor buys a partial painting from local antique dealer, Oona. The painting is the image of a squirrel on a chain and a man’s foot, which he discovers has been cut from a larger......more

Goodreads review by Debby on February 25, 2022

This was an audio book. Very eccentric characters and the dialogue was esoteric sometimes. This was a murder mystery, a most unusual story. Very different. Might read more from this author.......more

Goodreads review by Mark on February 03, 2023

This book is, at least in my opinion, disorganised as well as being full of irrelevancies and stereotypes. The plot line is often fanciful and not in a good way and none of the characters come across as being either likable or totally believable. The plot line revolves around an important painting th......more

Quotes

“Anyone who has ever wandered into a museum gallery of Italian religious paintings of the Baroque period and been repelled by the lurid depictions of flayed, flagellated, roasted, toasted, and crucified martyrs will laugh (and shudder) at Nicholas Kilmer’s irreverent treatment.”  New York Times Book Review

“One finds oneself completely engrossed…Cullen’s reading is…finely controlled understatement: intelligent and free of distractions. Unusually clear sound further enhances the transparent effortlessness of this recording.” AudioFile

“Patrick Cullen does an excellent reading of this surprisingly nonstuffy story…this most entertaining mystery keeps the listener’s attention from start to finish.” Library Journal

“Fred remains as charming as in his debut.” Kirkus Reviews

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