Firenze'sleading,verywealthyjewelersfamilyheirFrancescoSabrinireceivedacrypticdeathtreatonthebackofarenaissancepaintingintheirprivateatticcollection.AmasterlyforgerywasofferedinFabioMilus'sRomanauctionhouse,butGerman-bornartexpertSusannaNollkeptitbackforinvestigationinheartist'shomecity,Florence,toconsultherarthistorymentor,professorAndreasvonWeissenfels.ThereshestayswithfriendElisabethLanzi,whointroducesheretoFrancescoandhisfamily.Duringtheirresearch,whichunearthsmoderncrimewithalinktoaRenaissance-rumoredfratricide,initiallysecretiveFrancescoandSusannabecomelovers