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"Jamie Ramsgill Professor of architecture, has been invited to oversee an exclusive competition: six of the world's top architects have been assembled by Renzo Piruzzi, one of Italy's wealthiest men, and given one weekend to design a masterpiece, an chapel that will serve as his tomb." "For the winner will come great rewards: an enormous commission, prestige, a priceless artifact thought to be long lost, plus the satisfaction of having bettered his (or her) rivals. Jamie can't decide whether Piruzzi is a genius, whose plan will ensure a brilliant design, or merely calculating and cruel." "Soon after arriving at Piruzzi's secluded villa, things begin to go awry. Two of the competitors die, one by choking to death in a drunken stupor, the other by suicide. Jamie begins to suspect foul play, but the police, Piruzzi, and the other competitors are willing to believe that the deaths are nothing more than an unfortunate coincidence. Jamie is forced to undertake his own investigation in order to prove he isn't crazy." "As things progress, he finds he can trust no one, save Elena, Piruzzi's strong-willed daughter. Soon matters become desperate, and the two must scramble to uncover the killer, before they themselves become victims."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved… (meer)
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There is to be an architectural design contest for an Italian office building with six architects chosen to participate and professor Jamie Ramsgill is to moderate. When the six arrive at the villa, wealthy Renzo Piruzzi changes the ground rules. In two days, the six must design a chapel and tomb for the industrialist. Winner receives a cash prize, a rare book and the prestige. But things start going wrong and architects are found dead. Jamie must solve who is trying to get ahead and his suspects are the still living architects, Piruzzi, his daughter and his "head of household" Franco Cavalliere while staying alive himself.
is the first of the Jamie Ramsgill mysteries, It took me a while to figure out what the title meant and how it related to the plot. And there is a lot of information about architects and how they work that was interesting, especially as this was a subject I knew little about. ( )
"Jamie Ramsgill Professor of architecture, has been invited to oversee an exclusive competition: six of the world's top architects have been assembled by Renzo Piruzzi, one of Italy's wealthiest men, and given one weekend to design a masterpiece, an chapel that will serve as his tomb." "For the winner will come great rewards: an enormous commission, prestige, a priceless artifact thought to be long lost, plus the satisfaction of having bettered his (or her) rivals. Jamie can't decide whether Piruzzi is a genius, whose plan will ensure a brilliant design, or merely calculating and cruel." "Soon after arriving at Piruzzi's secluded villa, things begin to go awry. Two of the competitors die, one by choking to death in a drunken stupor, the other by suicide. Jamie begins to suspect foul play, but the police, Piruzzi, and the other competitors are willing to believe that the deaths are nothing more than an unfortunate coincidence. Jamie is forced to undertake his own investigation in order to prove he isn't crazy." "As things progress, he finds he can trust no one, save Elena, Piruzzi's strong-willed daughter. Soon matters become desperate, and the two must scramble to uncover the killer, before they themselves become victims."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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is the first of the Jamie Ramsgill mysteries, It took me a while to figure out what the title meant and how it related to the plot. And there is a lot of information about architects and how they work that was interesting, especially as this was a subject I knew little about. (