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Allmen and the Dragonflies by Martin Suter is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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“In the honorable vein of elegant, gentleman thieves, comes Allmen, the colorful protagonist of Suter's beautifully observed, deliciously fun novel” (Noah Charney, author of The Museum of Lost Art). Johann Friedrich von Allmen, a bon vivant of dandified refinement, has exhausted his family fortune. Forced to downscale, Allmen inhabits the garden house of his former Zurich estate, attended by his Guatemalan butler, Carlos. When not reading novels by Balzac and Somerset Maugham, he plays jazz on a Bechstein baby grand. Allmen's fortunes take a sharp turn when he meets Jojo, a stunning blonde whose lakeside villa contains five Art Nouveau bowls created by renowned French artist Émile Gallé and decorated with a dragonfly motif. Allmen, seeking to pay off mounting debts, absconds with the priceless bowls and embarks on a high-risk, potentially violent bid to cash them in. This is the first of a series of humorous, fast-paced detective novels devoted to a memorable gentleman thief who, with his trusted sidekick, Carlos, creates an investigative firm to recover missing precious objects. “A rollicking good time... Bestselling Swiss author Martin Suter may have a classic on his hands in thi

Who reads Allmen and the Dragonflies?

Author

Martin Suter

Publisher

New Vessel Press

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781939931597

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

Rating

3.5 / 5 (2 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-24