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Is part of Alex Clayton Art Mysteries Katherine Kovacic , 2018 series - author novel (number 1 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2018... 2018 The Portrait of Molly Dean
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'In 1999, art dealer Alex Clayton stumbles across a lost portrait of Molly Dean, an artist’s muse brutally slain in Melbourne in 1930. Alex buys the painting and sets out to uncover more details, but finds there are strange inconsistencies: Molly’s mother seemed unconcerned by her daughter’s violent death, the main suspect was never brought to trial despite compelling evidence, and vital records are missing. Alex enlists the help of her close friend, art conservator John Porter, and together they sift through the clues and deceptions that swirl around the last days of Molly Dean.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Richmond, East Melbourne - Richmond area, Melbourne, Victoria,: Echo Publishing , 2018 .
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      Extent: 280p.
      Note/s:
      • Published March 2018.

      ISBN: 9781760409784
Form: audiobook
    • Leicester, Leicestershire,
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      England,
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      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      W. F. Howes ,
      2020 .
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      Extent: 6 hrs and 59 minsp.
      Note/s:
      • Published 01-11-2020
      ISBN: 9781004020928

Works about this Work

Humanising a Cold Case Victim – Writing the Life and Brutal Death of Mollie Dean Donna Lee Brien , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 30 May 2019;

'Two Australian books were published last year about a brutal murder that happened in Melbourne in 1930: the non-fiction A Scandal in Bohemia: The Life and Death of Mollie Dean by Gideon Haigh, and The Portrait of Molly Dean, Katherine Kovacic’s first novel.' (Introduction)

Review : The Portrait of Molly Dean by Katherine Kovacic Liza Dezfouli , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , April 2018;

— Review of The Portrait of Molly Dean Katherine Kovacic , 2018 single work novel

'A long lost portrait plunges an unsolved murder from 1930 into the vicious world of fine art acquisition in this novel published by Echo Publishing.'

Review : The Portrait of Molly Dean by Katherine Kovacic Liza Dezfouli , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , April 2018;

— Review of The Portrait of Molly Dean Katherine Kovacic , 2018 single work novel

'A long lost portrait plunges an unsolved murder from 1930 into the vicious world of fine art acquisition in this novel published by Echo Publishing.'

Humanising a Cold Case Victim – Writing the Life and Brutal Death of Mollie Dean Donna Lee Brien , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 30 May 2019;

'Two Australian books were published last year about a brutal murder that happened in Melbourne in 1930: the non-fiction A Scandal in Bohemia: The Life and Death of Mollie Dean by Gideon Haigh, and The Portrait of Molly Dean, Katherine Kovacic’s first novel.' (Introduction)

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