Art expert/gallery owner Alix Thorssen is called upon to assess the charred remains of a friend's local gallery, and is shocked to find the body of artist Ray Thornton among the debris. Though the death is ruled a suicide and the fire an arson, the evidence does not sit right with Alix. Her own investigation--and another murder--make her the prime suspect, leaving her in a race to find a killer with art and death on his mind.