Mystery of the Invisible Hand

<p><b>Economics professor and amateur detective Henry Spearman tackles a mystery where the price of art is murder</b> <p/>In <i>The Mystery of the Invisible Hand</i> Henry Spearman an economics professor with a knack for solving crimes is pulled into a case that mixes campus intrigue stolen art and murder. Arriving at San Antonio's Monte Vista University to teach a course on art and economics he is confronted with a puzzling art theft and the suspicious suicide of the school's artist-in-residence. From Texas to New York Spearman traces the connections between economics and the art world finding his clues in monopolies auction theory and Adam Smith. How is a company's capital like an art museum's collection? What does the market say about art's authenticity versus its availability? What is the mysterious death effect--and does it lie at the heart of the case? Spearman must rely on his savviest economic thinking to answer these questions--and pin down a killer.</p>