The Last Mona Lisa by Jonathan Santlofer

The Last Mona Lisa by Jonathan Santlofer

ONE OF PEOPLE MAGAZINE'S BEST BOOKS OF SUMMER!

"Unstoppable what-happens-next momentum."--Michael Connelly, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"A deliciously tense read."--Ruth Ware, #1 New York Times bestselling author

From award-winning crime writer and celebrated artist Jonathan Santlofer comes an enthralling tale about the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre, the forgeries that appeared in its wake, and the present-day underbelly of the art world.

August, 1911: The 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 returned to 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.

The Last Mona Lisa is a suspenseful and seductive tale, perfect for fans of the Netflix documentaries This Is A Robbery and Made You Look and readers obsessed with the world of art heists and forgeries.

The Death Artist, Color Blind, The Killing Art, Anatomy of Fear, and The Murder Notebook are among Jonathan Santlofer's best-selling titles. He has received a Nero Wolfe Prize and two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, and has worked as a Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome, the Vermont Studio Center, and on the board of Yaddo, the United States' oldest artistic community. The collections The Dark End of the Street and LA Noire: The Collected Tales have him as coeditor, contributor, and artist. His short stories have appeared in The Wealthy & the Dead, New Jersey Noir, and Ellery Queen Magazine, among other anthologies and collections. Santlofer's work can be seen in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Newark Museum, the Norton Simon Museum, and Tokyo's Institute of Contemporary Art, among others.

He's now working on a new book. Santlofer is a native New Yorker who lives and works in Manhattan.