Publisher's Synopsis
A magnificient Caravaggio altarpiece disappears from a church in Rome; the Malevich Society in Paris has lost one of its greatest treasures from its basement vault; and in London, the National Gallery's latest acquisition has been stolen just hours after it was purchased. As three separate investigations get underway, Inspector Jean-Jacques Bizot in Paris and Harry Wickenden of Scotland Yard begin to suspect that what at first appears a spate of random thefts is nothing of the kind. Pursuing a dizzying trail of false leads, bizarre clues and double-crosses across Europe, the detectives' only chance of uncovering the truth is to band together to outwit an ingenious criminal mastermind with his own mysterious agenda.
