"Botticelli's Bastard" by Stephen Maitland-Lewis

This is an intriguing little novel. An art restorer who is going through some emotional upheaval in his life discovers a potential Botticelli included in some paintings his father left him but how and where the painting came to be in his fathers possession is the least of Fabrizzi's problems. It seems that the portrait is haunted by the Medici depicted in it and after so many years kept in a dark crate he has a lot to say. As Fabrizzi comes to realize this spirit is real he begins to learn more about the pictures past and begins a journey of discovery that will take him from Paris during the Nazi occupation to the streets of 9th Avenue in New York City unveiling a family secret that has been hidden all this time. This journey mirrors Fabrizzi's struggle to let go of the wife who died from cancer and to give himself and his new wife a chance. A tale of grief, lose, and the deeds that cannot be undone or forgiven, or can they.