This captivating true-crime story dives into the unbelievable 1911 theft of the world's most famous painting from the Louvre Museum in Paris. The book follows the two-year search for the missing Mona Lisa, introducing readers to the eccentric suspects, determined detectives, and the quiet Italian handyman who had the masterpiece hidden in his apartment. It also explores how Leonardo da Vinci created this mysterious portrait centuries earlier and how the dramatic heist transformed a relatively unknown painting into the global superstar we know today.