A long-lost painting stolen by the Nazis turns up at a Boston
pawnshop--and leads to a string of murders--in this "fast-paced and
tightly written thriller" (The Seattle Times).
In April 1945, the Nazis, reeling and near defeat, frantically work to
hide the huge store of art treasures that Hitler has looted from Europe.
Truck convoys loaded with the cultural wealth of the Western world pour
in an unending stream into the compound of the vast Altaussee salt mine
high in the Austrian Alps. But with the Allies closing in, the vaunted
efficiency of the Nazis has broken down. At Altaussee, all is tumult and
confusion. In the commotion, a single truck, its driver, and its
priceless load of masterpieces vanish into a mountain snowstorm.
Half a century later, in a seedy Boston pawnshop, ex-curator Ben Revere
makes a stunning discovery among the piles of junk: a Velazquez from the
legendary Lost Truck. But with it come decades of secrets, rancor, and
lies, and the few who know of the painting's existence have their lives
snuffed out one by one by an unknown assassin. Revere must travel back
to the grand cities of Europe to unravel the tangled history of the lost
truck and its treasures before fifty years of hatred, greed, and
retribution catch up with him.
