Portrait of an Unknown Woman is the twenty second book int he Daniel Silva series of books with Gabriel Allon as the protagonist. He is a spy and art restorer who in the past has worked for the Israeli intelligence.
In this book he has retired and has decided to live quietly with his family in Venice. His wife, Chiara is working for a art restoration company and they have two young children who have been enrolled in a neighborhood elementary school. Gabriel is planning to spend his days wandering the streets and canals disassociating himself from his past demons and finding peace.
This of course does not last long and once again Allon finds himself in the middle of intrigue and the unlawful resale of a centuries old painting. As he tries to find out the artist who painted this clever fake of a masterpiece, he gets caught up in a journey to the dark underworld of art market. Working with wealthy investors who are willing to pay large amounts of money without questions to unscrupulous dealers who also ask no questions. Those dealers sell recently uncovered unique artwork to those unknowing investors who are buying them like any other commodity to show their wealth.
Allon steps in as a art forger to follow the path of the art to the dealer to the collectors home. Uncovering a plot and once again showing there is no one who can out smart Gabriel Allon.
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