The Lost Madonna

The Lost Madonna

Author: Kelly Jones

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2007-02-06

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 144062318X

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Thirty years after leaving Florence with a broken heart, Suzanne Cunningham is back, determined to solve the mystery of what happened to a priceless painting from her past-and to the man who forever changed the course of her life.


Auntie Poldi and the Lost Madonna

Auntie Poldi and the Lost Madonna

Author: Mario Giordano

Publisher: Auntie Poldi Adventure

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 0358446279

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There's only one Auntie Poldi: bewigged, cursing in Bavarian, and knocking back a wee shot of grappa as a pre-breakfast aperitif . . . or is there? No one is as they seem (and sound) in this hilarious new mystery featuring Sicily's sultriest sleuth. Strange dealings are afoot in the Apostolic Palace--a nun leapt to her death shortly after participating in a seemingly routine exorcism. But when a priest clad in Gammarelli and a Vatican commissario with an almost unholy level of sex appeal turn up at her door, Poldi is shocked to hear that she's a suspect in their case. Who is the woman being exorcised, and where has she disappeared to? And why in the world does she claim, in perfect Bavarian, to be Poldi, Isolde Oberreiter, of Torre Archirafi? Poldi will need all the help she can get to clear her name, but her nephew has been distracted by a love affair gone sour, someone in the town has been spraying graffiti death threats on her front door, and her local friends seem to be avoiding her. And even Vito Montana balks when Poldi discovers that the case hinges on a lost Madonna statue, stolen years ago from the pope himself. Forza, Poldi! With a pair of mysterious twins dogging her every move and a mandate to maintain sobriety, will Poldi be able to unmask her mysterious doppelgänger, find the lost statue in time, and survive her sixty-first birthday?


The Missing Madonna

The Missing Madonna

Author: Sister Carol Anne O'Marie

Publisher: Minotaur Books

Published: 2007-04-01

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 1429907584

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Sister Mary Helen is sinfully good at snooping through the San Francisco fog. Now a fellow OWL (Older Woman's League) member has disappeared. The police believe Erma Duran simply flew the coop, but Sister feels a Higher Authority pushing her to investigate. A gold medal entangled in Erma's bedsprings and a cryptic clue to a Byzantine madonna deepens the mystery. By the time Police Inspector Kate Murphy joins the hunt, Sister's good intentions have already paved her way straight to the Mission District--and a hellish encounter with sudden death.


Lost and Found

Lost and Found

Author: K. L. Donn

Publisher:

Published: 2017-02-18

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9781543174410

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LostMemories last forever... Even when they don't.Tossed off the side of a mountain like garbage Pepper Wallace awakens to two men caring for her. Giving her everything she needs. With the cutest dog she's ever seen to make the lonely nights bearable she knows it's only a matter of time before her mind breaks.The only problem is when she remembers will she be free to be with the men she's come to love or will her assailant have destroyed her for good?FoundCousin's by blood, brothers by choice.Nick Kelly and Ace Mitchell were doing their jobs, ensuring the safety of the citizens of Golden, B.C. when they came across a beautiful but bloody, broken, & beaten woman. Wanting only the best for the mystery woman that sparked an intense desire to protect, love and heal, they're astounded to learn she has no memory of who she is, or where she's from.With an invisible clock ticking down, can they win over the woman that's destined to be their everything, or will her attacker get to her before she remembers the truth?**Lost & Found is a complete stand-alone novel. Contains graphic content and mature subject matter. Intended for 18+ years of age.


The Madonna of Notre Dame

The Madonna of Notre Dame

Author: Alexis Ragougneau

Publisher: New Vessel Press

Published: 2016-09-19

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 1939931401

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This murder mystery set in the Parisian cathedral is “a twisted and riveting story . . . Highly original” (Toronto Star). Fifty thousand believers and photo-hungry tourists jam into Notre Dame Cathedral on August 15 to celebrate the Feast of the Assumption. The next morning, a stunningly beautiful young woman clothed all in white kneels at prayer in a cathedral side chapel. But when an American tourist accidentally bumps against her, her body collapses. She has been murdered. The autopsy reveals disturbing details. Police investigators and priests search for the killer as they discover other truths about guilt and redemption within the walls of this soaring Paris refuge for the lost, the damned, and the saved. The suspect is a disturbed young man obsessed with the Virgin Mary who spends his days hallucinating in front of a Madonna. But someone else knows the true killer of the white-clad daughter of Algerian immigrants, in this thrilling novel of good and evil that illuminates shadowy corners of the world’s most famous cathedral.


The Black Madonna

The Black Madonna

Author: Davis Bunn

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2010-09-07

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 1439164894

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Following the internationally acclaimed Gold of Kings, Storm Syrrell returns in the compelling story of The Black Madonna. Antiques expert Storm Syrrell heads to Europe to investigate the clandestine trade in religious artifacts. She dismisses superstitious tales of miraculous healings and divine omens. Yet when an obsessive Russian oligarch calls—just as her friend Harry Bennett vanishes—all assumptions must be cast aside. Storm seeks answers in a medieval monastery. There, the scarred visage of an icon provokes ever more startling questions. Is she prepared to confront both earthly and spiritual powers? Storm remains haunted by lessons in love and betrayal that lie just outside her grasp. But hesitation now holds mortal consequences.


Madonna

Madonna

Author: Mary Gabriel

Publisher: Little, Brown

Published: 2023-10-10

Total Pages: 939

ISBN-13: 0316456446

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New York Times Editors’ Choice, One of NPR’s Best Books of the Year In this “infinitely readable” biography, award-winning author Mary Gabriel chronicles the meteoric rise and enduring influence of the greatest female pop icon of the modern era: Madonna (People Magazine) With her arrival on the music scene in the early 1980s, Madonna generated nothing short of an explosion—as great as that of Elvis or the Beatles—taking the nation by storm with her liberated politics and breathtaking talent. Within two years of her 1983 debut album, a flagship Macy's store in Manhattan held a Madonna lookalike contest featuring Andy Warhol as a judge, and opened a department called “Madonna-land.” But Madonna was more than just a pop star. Everywhere, fans gravitated to her as an emblem of a new age, one in which feminism could shed the buttoned-down demeanor of the 1970s and feel relevant to a new generation. Amid the scourge of AIDS, she brought queer identities into the mainstream, fiercely defending a person's right to love whomever—and be whoever—they wanted. Despite fierce criticism, she never separated her music from her political activism. And, as an artist, she never stopped experimenting. Madonna existed to push past boundaries by creating provocative, visionary music, videos, films, and live performances that changed culture globally. Deftly tracing Madonna’s story from her Michigan roots to her rise to super-stardom, master biographer Mary Gabriel captures the dramatic life and achievements of one of the greatest artists of our time.


The Silver Madonna and Other Tales of America's Greatest Lost Treasures

The Silver Madonna and Other Tales of America's Greatest Lost Treasures

Author: W.C. Jameson

Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing

Published: 2013-07-12

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 1589798406

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The twenty-four tales in this book are of the most famous lost treasures in America, from a two-foot statue reportedly made entirely of silver (the “Madonna”) and a cache of gold, silver, and jewelry that was rumored to also contain the first Bible in America to seventeen tons of gold—its value equal to the treasury of a mid-sized nation—buried somewhere in northwestern New Mexico. What makes these tales even more compelling is that none of these known-to-be-lost treasures have been discovered, although modern detecting technology has made them eminently discoverable.


The Madonna Ghost

The Madonna Ghost

Author: Linda Maria Frank

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2013-11-05

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 1491710632

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Seventeen-year-old Annie Tillery and her Aunt Jill set off for Long Islands Fire Island for a vacation of surf, sun, and sailing. Annie is happy to leave behind the stress of her relationship with her parents. Aunt Jill, who is an NYPD detective, is mixing her vacation with a case she must keep secret from Annie, who is suspicious nevertheless. Annie finds romance and intrigue when she meets Ty Egan, the nephew of their host on the island. They find themselves in the middle of an eerie adventure when she and Ty investigate the tragic and perplexing story of a local ghost. Annie becomes increasingly uneasy and the investigation turns sinister when Aunt Jill goes missing, the ghost appears, and the troublesome neighbors in the cottage next door become hostile. When they find one of Aunt Jills special earrings on the neighbors porch, they begin to wonder what she was doing there. Will they find Aunt Jill before its too late? In the breathless conclusion to their investigation, Annie and Ty narrowly escape death solving the mystery of The Madonna Ghost.