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Chapters (90)
  1. PROLOGUE
  2. PART ONE: PROVENANCE
  3. CHAPTER 1
  4. CHAPTER 2
  5. CHAPTER 3
  6. CHAPTER 4
  7. CHAPTER 5
  8. CHAPTER 6
  9. CHAPTER 7
  10. CHAPTER 8
  11. CHAPTER 9
  12. CHAPTER 10
  13. CHAPTER 11
  14. CHAPTER 12
  15. CHAPTER 13
  16. CHAPTER 14
  17. CHAPTER 15
  18. CHAPTER 16
  19. CHAPTER 17
  20. CHAPTER 18
  21. CHAPTER 19
  22. CHAPTER 20
  23. CHAPTER 21
  24. CHAPTER 22
  25. PART TWO: ATTRIBUTION
  26. CHAPTER 23
  27. CHAPTER 24
  28. CHAPTER 25
  29. CHAPTER 26
  30. CHAPTER 27
  31. CHAPTER 28
  32. CHAPTER 29
  33. CHAPTER 30
  34. CHAPTER 31
  35. CHAPTER 32
  36. CHAPTER 33
  37. CHAPTER 34
  38. CHAPTER 35
  39. CHAPTER 36
  40. CHAPTER 37
  41. CHAPTER 38
  42. CHAPTER 39
  43. CHAPTER 40
  44. CHAPTER 41
  45. PART THREE: AUTHENTICATION
  46. CHAPTER 42
  47. CHAPTER 43
  48. CHAPTER 44
  49. CHAPTER 45
  50. CHAPTER 46
  51. CHAPTER 47
  52. CHAPTER 48
  53. CHAPTER 49
  54. CHAPTER 50
  55. CHAPTER 51
  56. CHAPTER 52
  57. CHAPTER 53
  58. CHAPTER 54
  59. CHAPTER 55
  60. PART FOUR: UNVEILING
  61. CHAPTER 56
  62. CHAPTER 57
  63. CHAPTER 58
  64. CHAPTER 59
  65. CHAPTER 60
  66. CHAPTER 61
  67. CHAPTER 62
  68. CHAPTER 63
  69. CHAPTER 64
  70. CHAPTER 65
  71. CHAPTER 66
  72. CHAPTER 67
  73. CHAPTER 68
  74. CHAPTER 69
  75. CHAPTER 70
  76. CHAPTER 71
  77. CHAPTER 72
  78. CHAPTER 73
  79. CHAPTER 74
  80. CHAPTER 75
  81. CHAPTER 76
  82. PART FIVE: RECOVERY
  83. CHAPTER 77
  84. CHAPTER 78
  85. CHAPTER 79
  86. CHAPTER 80
  87. CHAPTER 81
  88. AUTHOR’S NOTE
  89. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  90. ABOUT THE AUTHOR

“There was a girl,” Shamron said after a long pause. “The one with all the earrings and bracelets. She was like a human wind chime. Do you remember her, Gabriel? She reminded me of—”

Shamron stopped himself. Gabriel seemed not to be listening anymore. He was staring at the cliffs, lost in memory.

“I’m sorry, Gabriel. I didn’t mean to—”

“Don’t apologize, Ari. I’ll carry Leah and Dani with me for the rest of my life.”

“You’ve given enough, Gabriel. Too much. I suppose it’s fitting it should all end here.”

“Yes,” said Gabriel distantly, “I suppose it is.”

“Can I at least give you a ride back to your cottage?”

“No,” said Gabriel. “I’ll walk.”

He shouldered his rucksack and stood. Shamron remained seated, one final act of defiance.

“Learn from my mistakes, Gabriel. Take good care of your wife. And if you’re fortunate enough to have children, take good care of them, too.”

“I will, Ari.”

Gabriel bent down and kissed Shamron’s forehead, then started across the terrace.

“There’s one more thing,” Shamron called out in Hebrew.

Gabriel stopped and turned around.

“Put that gun at the small of your back where it belongs.”

Gabriel smiled. “It’s already there.”

“I never saw a thing.”

“You never did, Abba.”

Gabriel left without another word. Shamron saw him one last time, as he made his way swiftly along the cliffs of Kynance Cove. Then Gabriel vanished into the fire of the setting sun and was gone.

AUTHOR’S NOTE

AUTHOR’S NOTE

The Rembrandt Affair is a work of fiction. The names, characters, places, and incidents portrayed in the story are the product of the author’s imagination or have been used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

The statistics regarding art theft cited in the novel are accurate, as are the accounts of the theft of Leonardo’s Mona Lisa in 1911 and Corot’s Le Chemin de Sèvres in 1998. The Portrait of a Young Woman that appears in the pages of The Rembrandt Affair could never have been stolen, for it does not exist. If there was such a painting, it would look markedly like Portrait of Hendrickje Stoffels, oil on canvas, 101.9 by 83.7 centimeters, which hangs in Room 23 of the National Gallery in London.