The Story
Every masterpiece hides a motive
1940s. In Nazi-occupied France, as Hitler's grip tightens across Europe, Hermann Göring arrives in Paris with a singular obsession — to possess the greatest collection of art in history. When he seizes the Mona Lisa from the Louvre, it is more than a theft. It is the beginning of a legacy that will echo far beyond the war.
Five years later, in the smouldering ruins of Göring's private estate, Allied officer Max Page-Hamilton stumbles upon something he cannot ignore — and dares not reveal. What he uncovers is dangerous. What he decides in that moment will shape the future in ways he cannot begin to imagine.
2017, New York. Dr Francine Page-Hamilton is an art historian at the height of her career. But when her father entrusts her with a final gift, passed down from her grandfather, the past comes rushing forward — and she is forced to confront a haunting question: what happens when history was never meant to stay buried?
