When antiques appraiser Virginia Blythe finds a murdered woman in the art studio of a gloomy mansion, she’s stunned to realize that she recognizes the victim. Who would have strangled eccentric but harmless Alice Aberfoyle, and why? Virginia’s boss, George Schlegel, and Detective Joe Hanratty are determined to find the killer, but the investigation is going nowhere. Then Virginia meets a quartet of frustrated ghosts who attended an art class in the studio in 1928 and still gather there to this day. As one of them, Lillian Throckmorton, spins a mesmerizing tale of their time together, Virginia suspects that they hold the key to solving the murder. But getting to the truth is trickier than she ever imagined—and more dangerous too.