AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLERArt 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 Timesbestselling 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 Review ?????'Silva gets better with each book' Reader Review ?????'Superbly current, believable, and cutting to the bone' Reader Review ?????