Diane Phipps, P.I., bounds into investigative action when Arabella Lauren, a noted art restorer in historic Manitou Springs, is found strangled. Slumped over a Claude Monet masterpiece, she's left a possible clue and many questions. As Diane explores the victim's world, she discovers convoluted relationships, temptation, and dirty dealings. Did Arabella's own brother Leo kill her? Or maybe Yves, curator of the Stonegate Collection? Perhaps, James, her boyfriend? What about her ex-lover, Sam? Had metal artist Rydell lost his cool again? And what's this about a secret daughter? Diane intrepidly sifts through all to find out whodunit and why?