A beautiful art expert from the Louvre is found dead in an art studio hidden in the lanes and alleys of Rome. Beside her, an ageing pickpocket is also dead, both of them in front of an unknown Caravaggio masterpiece. What do these individuals have in common and what does it have to do with this beautiful painting? These are the questions plaguing Nic Costa in this latest offering from David Hewson. His investigations and those of his team will take him centuries into the past, to when the painting was created and the twisted men who worshipped it in secret. Will Nic be able to find the incontrovertible evidence needed to charge and convict one of Rome’s most prominent citizens? Join with him in this thrilling, twisted tale of the darker side of the Roman aristocracy.