Renowned art historian Dr. Edna Silvera is not your typical detective. In fact, she’s not a detective at all.

But when she stumbles across an apparently impossible medieval painting in the suddenly-deceased Nando Folli’s junk shop, her curiosity lands her in trouble with the police and on the trail of a shadowy world no one wants to admit exists.

Valeria Corciolani, the author of Pentimento Mori, is an Italian publishing phenomenon. Her books have over 62000 reviews on Amazon.it and have been made into award winning films. Pentimento Mori (originally published as Con l’arte e con l’inganno) is the first of her works to be translated into English. Combining scrupulously-correct art history with international intrigue, murder, and a solid dose of humor, this is Corciolani’s most ambitious work yet.

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