The Mystery of the Third Lucretia
The Mystery of the Third Lucretia (A Kari and Lucas Mystery)
The Mystery of the Third Lucretia
Susan Runholt
If it hadn't been for Lucas's photographic memory, they might not have remembered the man. It had been almost a year since she and Kari noticed him copying a famous Rembrandt painting in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. But now in the National Gallery in London, they spot the same guy, copying another Rembrandt. Then, when a never-before-seen Rembrandt painting is discovered in Amsterdam, the girls begin to suspect the truth. Convinced that no one will believe them without hard and fast evidence, the teenage sleuths embark on a madcap adventure to find the forger and bring him to justice.

Book Details

Genre: 

  • Fiction
  • Juvenile Fiction
  • Mystery

Age Level: 

  • 12 and up
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"The Mystery of the Third Lucretia" by Susan Runholt is about how Kari and Lucas, two 14-year-old girl painters, solve an art mystery. Kari's mom travels around the world for her job and takes the girls with her. Back home at the art museum they see a man painting. When they travel, each time they go to an art museum they see the same man painting in front of an a Rembrandt work. One time they observe him painting hands in Rembrandt's style. Later they figure out that he made money by selling his fake Rembrandt, "The Third Lucretia".

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