A prestigious art exhibition turns into a horrific spectacle when a murder sends Art Curator Jamie Holbrooke and Professor Alessandro Marianni on a hunt for a highly coveted stolen painting. Jamie's painful past follow her to Italy when an assailant, who looks like her dead brother, presses a mysterious riddle into her hand. Soon she discovers that her long-time paragon Dr. Marianni may be linked to the enigmatic riddle. Intrigued by her questions, Alessadndro's response must wait when their colleague falls prey to an assassin's bullet. Convinced the riddle and murder are connected to the painting, Jamie and Alessandro set out to discover who's responsible. At stake is a two-thousand-year-old drama, unfolding in the contemporary world of the Italian Alps.