Hope I'm not duplicating, but I've just read a bunch of museum-based bestsellers: Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (the Louvre and lots of art references, particularly to 'secrets' in Da Vinci's paintings) Several by the team of Preson/Childs set at the Museum of Natural History in NY: Relic, Reliquary, and Cabinet of Curiosities (includes some amusing internal politics and I think one of the authors used to work there) There's a very long series of art mysteries by Michael Innes (his Appleby series) that are quite erudite. I'm sure there are more, but that's off the top. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jill Lasker Writer/Editor/Researcher Medicine/Bioscience/History http://home.earthlink.net/~laskerj/ ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).