1939. Europe is on the brink of change and in the fear and chaos of pre-war Italy a painting disappears and is never seen again. 1963. London is on the cusp of change in the swinging 60s. Nightclubs are in their heyday as are the art thieves of the East End underworld. But when a lowly boarding-house landlady attempts to take on the upper-crust establishment and is accused of spying for the Russians she can save only one thing - her reputation or the love of her life. 1989. Phoebe Cato is on the verge of losing her Museum which houses Bruce Cato's collection of masterful reproductions and worse than that her beloved uncle Bruce himself. With only months to live Phoebe may not be able to save Bruce's life but little does she know that he had planned on saving hers all along.