The Last Perdoux — Larry Maness

A knock on his front door at 3 o'clock in the morning begins a desperate search for a stolen Rembrandt, a diary written by a mother he'd never met, and an uneasy partnership with a Barcelona art dealer.Retired police officer, Theo Zachary, opened his door to much more than a desperate knock. He opened it to a past hidden from him by his adopted parents.What Theo learned when he traveled to Spain to find answers was that he is heir to an art collection stolen by the Nazis during World War II. Details of the collection and his past are contained in his mother's diary, which is missing.Theo's quest for both sends him to Italy where an infamous art collector holds the diary and the Rembrandt. Theo balances his desire for the diary, the priceless painting, and news of his father who may still be alive.Theo cannot have all three. He must choose. The choices he makes while avoiding time in an Italian jail, frame this novel like a rare painting.