Almost 10 years in the making, Susan Orlean's first original book since THE ORCHID THIEF is a tour de force of history, human interest and masterful storytelling --- the ultimate must-read for anyone who loves great dogs or great yarns. 

What happens when you mix a Parisian street orphan, a hot-tempered Spanish forger, a beautiful American pickpocket, an unloved wife, and one priceless painting?

A San Francisco detective becomes entangled with a private intelligence agency as he investigates what appears to be a traceless form of murder.

A deadly pair of bombings in Paris and Copenhagen ruins the first day of master art restorer and spy Gabriel Allon’s vacation with his wife. Then, before a third attack, Gabriel is knocked to the pavement --- and he can only watch helplessly as the nightmare unfolds.

Names in a manuscript: The cops see black words on a page; the killer sees red. Editor David Loogan, who we first met in BAD THINGS HAPPEN, finds a package on his doorstep that links to a fresh murder and points to several more planned attacks. Can the killer be stopped before he has crossed off all the names on his list?

A country divided. A newly crowned, desperately vulnerable young queen. Can one man uncover the secret that will save her throne?

In 1933, William Dodd, the new American ambassador, arrives in Berlin, just as Hitler has been appointed chancellor. Dodd and his family watch as Germany falls under Hitler’s spell and the country is transformed. Why did the U.S. dismiss its ambassador’s warnings? Erik Larson takes a cold, hard look at this deplorable period in history.