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The Last Mona Lisa Spiral-Bound | 2021-08-17

Jonathan Santlofer

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What really happened to the Mona Lisa when she disappeared from the Louvre?

August, 1911: Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincent Peruggia. Exactly what happens in the two years before its recovery is a mystery. Many replicas of the Mona Lisa exist, and more than one historian has wondered if the painting now in the Louvre is a fake, switched in 1911.

Present day: Art professor Luke Perrone digs for the truth behind his most famous ancestor-Peruggia. His search attracts an Interpol detective with something to prove and an unfamiliar but curiously helpful woman. Soon, Luke tumbles deep into the world of art and forgery, a land of obsession and danger.

A gripping novel exploring the 1911 theft and the present-day underbelly of the art world, The Last Mona Lisa is a suspenseful tale from a bestselling author whose own replications of iconic art are highly sought.

Publisher: Sourcebooks
Original Binding: Trade Paperback
Pages: 400 pages
ISBN-10: 172824076X
Item Weight: 0.9 lbs
Dimensions: 5.5 x 1.0 x 8.3 inches
"Oh, what a web Jonathan Santlofer weaves in this un-put-downable book! The Last Mona Lisa brings together past and present, seasons it with intriguing characters, and brushes it with plot twists that you don't see coming to create an unstoppable what-happens-next momentum. Santlofer has outdone himself this time." -- Michael Connelly, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Harry Bosch and Mickey Haller series

JONATHAN SANTLOFER is a writer and artist. His debut novel, The Death Artist, was an international bestseller, and his novel, Anatomy of Fear, won the Nero Award for best crime novel of 2009. Jonathan created the Crime Fiction Academy Center for Fiction. As an artist, Jonathan has made replications of famous paintings for more than twenty years.