“The Execution of Socrates.” Not exactly a remarkable painting, which art scholar Jonathan Argyle accompanies from Paris to Rome.
But why is the new owner of the painting unexpectedly murdered? Why do other crimes follow—crimes linked only by “The Execution of Socrates”? What secret is hidden in a painting by a little-known artist?
Jonathan Argyle, “Doctor Watson in a Skirt” Flavia di Stefano, and General Bottando understand that the motive for the murders must be sought somewhere in the painting’s history…