A glittering gala. A despised art dealer. Murder in plain sight.

Researcher Abigail St. James stumbles into a tangled web of deception when she finds a bookmark from her beloved aunt's shop next to Grant Sykes’ dead body. Two worlds collide in the worst possible way.

Abby reads brushstrokes like fingerprints. Spots what professionals miss because they're too busy looking at bodies, not canvases.

But amateur sleuthing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is getting her into serious trouble. Detectives dismiss her insights as 'art nerd trivia.’ Once-trusted colleagues dismantle her credibility.

Good thing she's not alone. She's got her fashionista BFF Chloe, a spectacularly unimpressed one-eyed cat named Captain, and a quirky cast of chatty museum staffers in her corner.

Vanessa Sykes, Grant’s second wife, stands to gain millions. Curator Dr. Markham has major financial troubles and a checkered past with Sykes. Suspects multiply like forgeries.

When her apartment is broken into and anonymous threats blow-up her phone, Abby begins to see clearly: whoever is onto her is someone close.

Continuing to dig could cost her everything. Even her life.