Cover Art © Roger Kopman. "Monsieur Pennington! You're late." "Oui. Excusez-moi. It was unavoidable." "A woman?" "A painting." "Mon Dieu! Two in one week?" "An ambitious thief." The Paris Opera has presented sleuths Simon Pennington and André Caron with another intriguing case to solve. One prime suspect has fallen victim to the pandemic, those still alive are afraid to show their faces, and some witnesses have been dead for more than a century! Clients Madame Oberon-Bouvier and Monsieur Ergos Santierre appear to be the victims of clever art thieves, but Paris sleuths Simon Pennington and André Caron know nothing is ever as it appears to be. Although a damsel in distress knows the truth, Simon Pennington is running out of time.