False Impression (2006) (edit title/settings)

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• Dr. Anna Petrescu: PhD in art; professional art buyer; daughter of Elsa
• Mr Bryce Fenston: Romanian chairman of Fenston Finance; aka Nicu Munteanu
• Karl Leapman: disbarred lawyer; Fenton's second hand man at Fenston Finance
• Lady Arabella Wentworth: Lady Victoria Wentworth's twin sister
• Tina Forster: Fenston's secretary; best friend of Anna
• Olga Krantz: Former Soviet gymnast; assassin
• Vincent van Gogh: artist, Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear
• Jack Fitzgerald Delaney: FBI agent aka 'Stalker'
• Miss Danuta Sekalska: gifted Romanian painter; student of Anton
• Takashi Nakamura: Japanese chairman of Maruha Steel and art collector
• Mr Tom Crasanti: FBI agent, London
• Ruth Parish: founder of Art Locations who moved artwork from location to location
• Anton Teodorescu: professor of art, Academy of Art on Piata Universitatii, Bucharest; Anna's first love, and current friend
• Colonel Sergei Slatibaru: Romanian friend of Anna's deceased father, Anton's driver
• Mr Andrews: butler at Wentworth Hall
• Sam: doorman at Thornton House, Anna's apartment building
• Joe Corrigan: Add a description of this character.
• Mark Poltimore: Sotheby appraiser
• Barry Steadman: Fenston Finance's head of security
• Rebecca Rangere
• Nina
• Chris Adams, Jr: son of a Los Angeles fine art gallery owner; murder victim
• Mr Jackson
• Sasha Prestakavich: stewardess whose passport is stolen
• Raphael
• Nicu Munteanu: Romanian immigrant previously associated with Ceausescu; later known as Fenston
• Dr Gachet: Patron of van Gogh, buys his painting from him
• Stephen Renton: chief superintendent of London police
• Lady Victoria Wentworth: Daughter of General Sir Harry Wentworth
• General Sir Harry Wentworth: son of Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington; aka Earl of Wentworth
• Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu: General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989 and his wife
• Pierre de Rochelle: Parisian Impressionist collector; murder vistim
• Maria Vasconcellos: Brazilian widow duped of statuary; murder victim
• Richard W. Macy: supervising special agent, FBI
• Bill Jackson & Chris Savage: insurance assessors from Lloyd's and Christie's respectively
• Brunswick and Picton: Lady Arabella's two dogs
• George Petrescu
• Nicolae Ceauşescu
• Wellington
• Portia
• Lawrence
• Marilyn Monroe
• Gainsborough
• Goya
• Sally
• Matisse
• DS Frankham
• Charles Wentworth
• Stubbs
• Romney
• Hank
• Picasso
• Nakamura San
• David Sullivan
• Roberts
• Sergei Slatinaru
• Mr Leapman
• Catherine Lady Wentworth
• Mr Van Gogh
• George W. Bush
• Rossetti
• Rembrandt
• Abe
• Mr Simpson
• Angus
• Mama
• Giuliani
• Caravaggio
• Ken Wheatley
• Christina

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• New York
• London
• Bucharest
• Wentworth Hall
• Heathrow Airport
• Tokyo
• England
• North and South Towers-World Trade Center
• USA
• Romania
• Hong Kong
• Moscow
• Amsterdam
• Wall Street
• Japan
• Central Park
• Manhattan
• Danville, Illinois
• Queens
• Paris
• Gatwick
• Christie's and Sotheby's: NY auction houses
• NYRC: old New York Romanian Club

Organizations edit see section history

• Simpson and Simpson: Add a description of this organization.

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Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

• Art: This book revolves around various impressionist artists and their famous works. The story doesn't progress without bringing them up after every page or two.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Jeffrey Archer (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 823.914

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Suitable for both young adults and adults. Contains little violence.

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Authors, A-Z › ( A ) › Archer, Jeffrey
• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Mystery › Women Sleuths
• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Thrillers
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary