Sometimes I just hate Isabel Dalhousie. She's independently wealthy, yet works as the editor and publisher of a philosophy journal. She is married to a musician and has a precocious young son. Her life seems so perfect! But if Isabel's life has any flaw, it is that people often come to her for help solving their moral dilemmas. In this installment, a wealthy man's favorite painting is stolen. The thieves have enlisted the help of a lawyer to ransom the painting back via payout by the insurance company. Should the owner give into the ransom demands to get his beloved painting back? 259 pages.
