The Affair of the Phlegmish Master
Given the title, I figured I might run into comedy or puns, but that wasn’t the case
for this story of Dutch historian and translator Peter Van Gaas who travels back to an
alternative timeline with a billionaire to commission a Vermeer portrait of the
billionaire’s wife while trying not to run afoul of the thug hired by those who have a
financial interest in not seeing more works of art from past masters.
Harry’s going to upset a multibillion dollar applecart. I don’t know what strings he
pulled to get an import license for a priceless artifact from another timeline, but
it’s not going to be worth what he thinks.
