<p><em>New York Times</em> bestselling author Elizabeth Lowell creates another masterpiece of excitement and chills passion and surprise.</p><p></p><p>When Lacey Quinn inherits the striking landscapes done by her late much-loved grandfather she believes they are as good as anything hanging in museums. But the paintings now in her possession are more than the works of a talented master. They are anguished voices from the grave . . . crying murder!</p><p>Lacey begins researching her grandfather's past -- and is rocked almost immediately by a strange series of violent events. Someone wants to steal her inheritance to reduce the paintings to unrecognizable ashes in a suspicious blaze. Someone wants to prevent Lacey from examining her grandfather's work too closely . . . by any means necessary.</p><p>Ian Lapstrake a security specialist has taken an interest in Lacey's inheritance . . . and in her. Troubled by what he sees he becomes Lacey's shadow as her search for answers leads them both down an ever-darkening road paved with lies blood and devastating secrets.</p>