The Series

Painted Souls

Renaissance-gothic supernatural thrillers built on the real secret history of Leonardo da Vinci and the Mona Lisa. Slow-burn, atmospheric, and properly dark.

For readers of The Da Vinci Code, Mexican Gothic, and The Historian.

The books

Cover of The Mona Lisa Cage

Book One. Pre-order. Releases 26 August 2026.

The Mona Lisa Cage

Cover of Grandfather's Pigments

Prequel novella. Free.

Grandfather’s Pigments

Cover of The Collector's Tithe

Book Two · Coming next

The Collector’s Tithe

Some collectors acquire beauty. Others pay a darker price for it.

Portrait of Leo Di Lux

About Leo Di Lux

Leo Di Lux writes dark, literary fiction at the place where history turns strange: candlelit, slow-burning, and haunted by the things great art refuses to give up. The Painted Souls series reimagines the secret history of Leonardo da Vinci and the Mona Lisa.

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