Charlotte Sims—housewife, mother, and amateur sleuth—finds herself hot on the trail of a dangerous killer suspected of murdering a skeptical art expert when a troublesome art exhibit comes to Columbus, Ohio.

As a Chinese imperial art exhibit comes to Columbus, Ohio, it brings threatening trouble with it. Just days after accusing the exhibit of showcasing a phony necklace, art expert Phil Stevenson is found dead.

Determined to figure out who wanted to shut Phil up, Charlotte Sims puts her case-solving skills to the test as she tries to solve the murder before the show leaves town. In this first mystery of the Charlotte Sims series, readers will race through the town of Columbus with the housewife, mother, and amateur sleuth as she sets out to catch the man that killed Phil.