New York Times Bestselling author, Daniel Silva,  in An Inside Job, his legendary veteran Mossad spy Gabriel Allon must solve the perfect crime with speed and finesse, to track down a lost masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci. In today’s Israel, a former spymaster and produ patriot like Allon should have better things to do than chase works of art. Allon has been awarded a commission to restore one of the most important paintings in Venice,  but he discovers the body of a mysterious woman floating in the waters of the Venetian Lagoon, and finds himself in a desperate race to recover the lost masterpiece. 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. Since 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 of course the mysterious woman whom Gabriel found in a watery grave in Venice. A woman without a name and face. Gabriel moves from the galleries and auction houses of London to an enclave of unimaginable wealth on the French Riveria – and finally, to a shocking climax in St. Peter’s Square, where the life of a pope hangs in balance. The dark side of the art world, the Vatican’s murky finances,  the dazzling new tale of murder, greed and corruption, explained by Daniel Silva, the master of international intrigue and suspense.

An Inside Job by Daniel Silva, Harper Collins £22/ $32