Goodbye Again

Ben Contini, a disenchanted painter of considerable talent, has just buried his mother. Rifling through the attic of her Kilkenny house he stumbles across a Modigliani nude, worth millions. Determined to learn the provenance of the painting, he and Elsa, a disturbed and secretive woman who accosts him at the funeral, become embroiled in the sinister world of Nazi art theft. But they are not the only one with an interest in the painting... Together they set off on a frantic journey that leads them from Dublin to France via the Cotswolds, down the Canal du Midi into Italy. The intrigue surrounding the shadowy half-truths about their exotic families becomes increasingly sinister as Ben and Elsa are forced to confront their pasts and their buried demons. Set in the 1980s, this is a fantastic new book from established thriller writer Joseph Hone, who weaves a breathless, galloping intrigue packed with narrative twists and sumptuous evocations of Europe’s forgotten past. A Raffish Irish Painter Is Trying To Come To Terms With The Recent Violent Death Of His On-off Girlfriend, When He Stumbles Across A Priceless Modigliani Nude In His Mother's Attic. He Sets Out With A Woman Seeking Her Own Answers And Their Journey Leads Them Into The Secretive World Of Looted Nazi Art, In This Ingenious Thriller. Joseph Hone. Set in the 1980s, this is a new book from established thriller writer Joseph Hone, who weaves a breathless, galloping intrigue in the sinister world of Nazi art theft, packed with narrative twists and sumptuous evocations of Europe's forgotten past