In 1911 a worker at the Louvre museum takes a painting off the wall and walks out the door with it hidden under his shirt. He holds the painting hostage and demands a ransom from the museum. This is Luke Perrone's ancestor. Luke is fascinated by his family's hidden history and jumps at the chance to see an unknown diary written by his great grandfather in Italy. He obtains the proper papers and because he is an art professor, is given permission to view documents from a famous library in Florence. There he meets a beautiful art student with secrets of her own. As Luke seeks answers to clear his ancestor's name and find out if the painting is a forgery or the real thing, others are searching as well. Danger in some of the most beautiful art capitols of Europe and a solid cat and mouse mystery balanced with a touch of romance and the seedy side of art collectors - this is a sure bet for art historians, readers of art crimes and Dan Brown style mysteries. Armchair travel doesn't get any better than this and the author's own experience as an artist, attempts at forgery and crime novelist makes this feel authentic and well researched. 4 1/2 stars
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