The release date for the English version of 'Portrait of an Unknown Woman' by
Daniel Silva is Jul 2022. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Daniel Silva, the #1 New York Times bestselling author, creates a captivating new masterwork in which Gabriel Allon goes on a high-stakes hunt for the greatest art forger in history.
The renowned art restorer and spy Gabriel Allon has finally cut his links to Israeli intelligence and taken up residence in Venice, the only place he has ever really experienced peace. His stunning spouse, Chiara, has assumed daily leadership of the Tiepolo Restoration Company, while their two young children are surreptitiously enrolled in a nearby elementary school. Gabriel, on the other hand, spends his days exploring the city's canals and streets while saying goodbye to the ghosts of his horrific, violent past.
However, Gabriel finds himself enmeshed in a dangerous game of cat and mouse where nothing is as it appears when eccentric London art dealer Julian Isherwood invites him to look into the circumstances behind the recovery and profitable sale of a centuries-old picture.
Gabriel quickly learns that the disputed piece—a painting of an unnamed lady credited to Sir Anthony van Dyck—is most likely a deviously cunning fake. In order to track down the enigmatic artist responsible for the work and expose a massive scam at the highest level of the art industry, Gabriel devises one of his most intricate schemes to yet. He must become the exact opposite of the guy he seeks—the greatest art forger the world has ever seen—if he is to succeed.
Portrait of an Unknown Woman is a chic, sophisticated, and cleverly constructed film that takes viewers on a highly entertaining tour of the murky side of the art world, where dishonest dealers regularly con their patrons and wealthy investors treat great paintings like any other asset class that can be purchased and sold for a profit. One of the best works of heist fiction ever written, the book is a masterful narrative from its tasteful introduction to the surprising turns of its denouement. And it's another evidence that Daniel Silva is unmatched in terms of global intrigue and suspense.