Jill calls Joe from a hotel room in the middle of nowhere for help, and in short order there is a knock on her door from a strange man offering St. Kilda's name -– and his name, Zach Balfour. Zach, about to go on vacation, dreads this assignment, envisioning yet another bimbo with shopping on her mind, and is quite pleasantly surprised to find the logical, athletic, and down-to-earth woman who is, unfortunately, afraid for her life. The two, however, have art in common, which makes them a formidable pair in trying to find the missing painting and the reason behind the death threats and attempts on Jill's life, and the possible murder of her great aunt over some seemingly worthless, unsigned Western art. The two are like two sides of a coin – Jill's fine arts degree and Zach's apprenticeship at the side of an untrained master manage to get them through the deeper waters of the art world, dodging bullets and snide remarks alike to find the truth, at all costs.

Lowell manages to build the suspense of the storyline while interweaving the romance, an apparently natural attraction between the two protagonists, and add in several sub-plots at the same time. There could have been more character development for the main people, but the story was just shy of too many characters to keep track of so more back story might have been too much. I've read some of her previous work, but the St. Kilda's Consulting connection didn't ring any bells, so it may have been too long ago, but one doesn't need it to understand the concept or the other characters.