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Gabriel Alon has been awarded a commission to restore one of the most important paintings in Venice.

But when he discovers the body of a mysterious woman floating in the waters of the Venetian lagoon,

he finds himself in desperate race to recover a lost masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci. The Thank you so much for joining me. This is such an honor.

I'm so happy to do it. And I want to show you behind me here. So these are all the first edition signed right there.

So those are all... That's a lot of books. That's a lot of books. In fact, I think it's all the first edition signed right there.

So those are all.

That's a lot of books.

That's a lot of books.

In fact, I think it's 28, 25 Gabriel Alon.

Is that, is that right?

25 Gabriel Alon, 28 total.

That is.

28 total.

Incredible that you have done that.

And I have questions about process for later. But first I want to thank you again for coming out. It's such a treat for me. I wrote down more questions than I've ever written down for any guest ever. And we're never going to get to all of them. And I'm going to keep my eye on this clock because I know you've had a long day and you're on book door. No, it's fine. It's fine.

So, but it was fun just coming up with all these questions because I've been with you

from the beginning, from the Osborne days, and then before that I jumped back to an unlikely

spy and then kept going throughout the entire time.

So I feel like I've been on this journey, not just with you, but with Gabriel Alon, because I had these books on every deployment. Typically, I'd get them from, my dad would get the hardcover, because back in the military days, I couldn't yet afford to hard covers. So I'd wait for a paperback, but if he got the hardcover first, then he'd mail it to me, and I'd take it on deployment. So either in paperback or hardcover, you were with me on every deployment and throughout all my time in the military. And we actually met once in the summer of 2016 for- Barnes & Noble, New York. That's it. The new girl right there. Yep. Yeah. Barnes & Noble New York. You remember? Of course. I still have my challenge coin.

Oh my goodness.

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