This thrilling mystery takes readers into the exclusive worlds of politics and art.

“Not a pretty sight” is how the crime scene was described to Captain Isabelle Le Peletier before she arrived. But nothing could have prepared her for such horror. In a large Parisian flat devoid of all furniture, a man's body sits in a chair, naked and hideously mutilated. On his forearm, a strange tattoo. The highlight of the show: a painting by Van Gogh, missing since WWII, sits beside the corpse.
Assisted by the unpredictable lieutenant Blanche Charon, Isabelle Le Peletier leads the investigation, unaware that this murder has put her on the trail of one of the country's most powerful men.