The Last Mona Lisa -- Jonathan Santlofer, Paperback

Oh, what a web Jonathan Santlofer weaves...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

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.

A gripping novel exploring the Mona Lisa's very real theft in 1911 and the present underbelly of the art world, The Last Mona Lisa is a suspenseful tale, tapping into our universal fascination with da Vinci's enigma, why people are driven to possess certain works of art, and our fascination with the authentic and the fake.

Author: Jonathan Santlofer
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Published: 08/17/2021
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9781728240763

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 07/01/2021 pg. 20
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2021
Shelf Awareness 09/10/2021