A missing masterpiece
A shocking truth
An alliance signed in blood
For Lieutenant Allegra Damico, the brutal murder of a mafia enforcer offers her an unexpected opportunity to jump start her career When the body of a senior official at a Vatican-backed bank turns up under similar conditions, it becomes clear the killings are, in fact, the opening shots of a war.
In Las Vegas, former art thief Tom Kirk has agreed to help Special Agent Jennifer Browne handle the recovery of a priceless Caravaggio. The painting, stolen over forty years before, has suddenly surfaced and Jennifer is determined to recover it, but a sniper lies in wait. Tom, accused by the FBI of being involved in the shooting escapes to Italy, crossing paths with Allegra. They team up realising their cases are connected.
What they uncover is a vast and powerful conspiracy stretching from the scarred fields of Italy to the marbled halls of the world's greatest museums. A conspiracy built on the graves of the dead and the blood of anyone who dares to stand in its way.