Inspector Kevin Fenton is investigating the murder of a young woman and an older man found in storage units, owned by C Reynolds.

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Charley Reynolds was born on her parent’s yacht as it is shipwrecked in a storm. Her mother died on the way back to shore, while her father’s body was never found. She was raised by her grandmother and now lives in the house that belonged to her great, great grandmother, Mathilde Dumas, who was the muse for French artist Eugene Ingres. While renovating the house, Charley finds paintings by Ingres, in packing crates, stored in the attic.

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Charley and her grandmother, Marnie, are invited to a country house weekend party to meet long-lost relatives. When they arrive, Charley finds copies of her newly found portraits hanging on the walls of the house. 

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This novel is full of twists and turns.

Do the paintings at the country house belong to Charley or are they copies?

Who are the long-lost relatives?

What is the legacy of Eugene Ingres?