by Blue Balliett · Editorial Empúries · tapa dura · ISBN 9788497870962
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«Vermeer i el codi secret» is the young adult mystery novel by Blue Balliett, published by Editorial Empúries in hardcover (162 pages, in Catalan).
Petra and Calder become friends through a book of unexplained cases. An eccentric old woman summons them, and a Vermeer painting disappears from a Chicago museum, so the two young people follow the clues of a crime that baffles the police. Solving it will require intuition, deduction, and knowledge of the painter Johannes Vermeer.
It is Blue Balliett's first novel and opens the Chasing Vermeer series. The English original was published in 2004; the Catalan edition, in 2005, within the Empúries Narrativa collection (number 263).
Aimed at child and young adult readers, especially those who enjoy puzzles and art.
Blue Balliett is an American author. She is best known for her award-winning children’s novel, Chasing Vermeer.
