1967 Odelle Bastien starts working at the Skelton Institute, and at the same time her affair with Laurie Scott begins. 1936. Olive, the daughter of art dealer Harold Schloss, paints in secret. In Malaga, where her family came from England, she meets the artist Isaac Robles - this is her first novel. Isaac's sister, Teresa, sincerely wanting to help Olive believe in her talent, decides to pass off her works as paintings of her brother, and Harold Schloss undertakes to sell them . So fame comes to Isaac overnight. After 30 years, his paintings are popular and cost a lot of money. Laurie Scott brings one of them for examination to the Skelton Institute - this is the only thing that his late mother left him. But why did Marjorie Quick, Odelle’s boss, change her face at the sight of this picture? Who was Scott's mother? What does Marjorie know and hide? Odelle feels that she is close to the solution, and all she needs to do is pull the thread to unwind the ball. But how can you find this thread?