On secondment to Interpol’s Art Investigation Unit, Patrice must solve an intriguing puzzle. A painting, found on a Finnish rubbish dump, may be by Artemisia Gentileschi, contemporary of Caravaggio, and friend of Galileo. With the help of art historian, Chloë Valéry, the Finnish Police, and a gaggle of Italian art experts, Patrice must establish the truth.
If the picture is genuinely by the Renaissance artist, it could be worth more than $5 million, if it’s a forgery it must be destroyed by fire.
Will Patrice be responsible for the destruction of an extraordinary work of art, based only on an uncertain provenance … or will he discover it’s an unknown masterpiece?