From the author who 'ranks among the best of the younger American spy novelists' (The Washington Post) comes a stunning thriller of ancient and modern betrayal. Munich: The writer Benjamin Stern entered his flat to see a man standing there, leafing through his research, and said, 'Who the hell are you?' In answer, the man shot him. As Stern lay dying, the gunman murmured a few words in Latin, then gathered the writer's papers and left. Venice: The art restorer Gabriel Allon applied a dab of pain