AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLER Art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon must
solve the perfect crime in the dazzling new tale of murder greed and corruption from #1 New
York Times bestselling novelist Daniel Silva. Sometimes the only way to recover a stolen
masterpiece is to steal it back ... Gabriel Allon has been awarded a commission to restore one
of the most important paintings in Venice. But when he discovers the body of a mysterious woman
floating in the waters of the Venetian Lagoon he finds himself in a desperate race to recover
a lost masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci. The painting a portrait of a beautiful young girl
has been gathering dust in a storeroom at the Vatican Museums for more than a century
misattributed and hidden beneath a worthless picture by an unknown artist. Because no one knows
that the Leonardo is there no one notices when it disappears one night during a suspicious
power outage. No one but the ruthless mobsters and moneymen behind the theft - and the
mysterious woman whom Gabriel found in a watery grave in Venice. A woman without a name. A
woman without a face. Readers love Daniel Silva: 'An author who is master of his craft' Reader
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