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"Daniel Silva fans will find a new favorite with this made-for-Hollywood tale of ancient art, mystery and murder." -BestThrillers.com
Near the end of World War Two, the commanding officer of a Nazi extermination unit makes an astounding art discovery. Then... disappears.
Seventy-five years later, artwork by Leonardo da Vinci unexpectedly surfaces at a New York auction. When a street person disrupts the proceedings, Adam Barrow finds himself embroiled in a 500-year-old mystery. An ancient book holds the key, but its owner is murdered, and the book vanishes.
Beautiful and bewildering Leslie Strickland emerges as an unexpected ally in Adam's search for the book and the truth. Like him, she is the victim of an impoverished childhood and he falls in love with her.
Opposed by New York's high-stakes art world, they are thrust into a deadly chase.
Are the da Vincis real?
And who are their unseen enemies?
About the author
Will Ottinger's previous Adam Barrow novels, The Last Van Gogh and Shadows of Leonardo were released in 2019 by Black Rose Writing and won awards for Best Mystery-Detective Novel. His first novel, A Season for Ravens, was named by Reader Views as a top-three Historical Fiction work for 2014-2015. He also previously published a non-fiction work on historical miniatures, an art form in which he gained international recognition as a Grand Master painter. He authored a magazine column for seven years, trained and lectured extensively in the financial field. He is a current member of The Atlanta Writers Club and formerly served as president of Scribbler's Ink, a Houston writers group. He and his wife Sandra currently live in Atlanta, Georgia.
