The sixth book in a series of investigations by art detectives Jonathan Argyle, Flavia di Stefano and General Bottando

Who would want to rob a poor monastery with only one valuable thing - a painting attributed to Caravaggio? Investigator Flavia di Stefano is surprised - the robbers stole not this painting, but a medieval image of the Madonna, for which one can hardly get a lot of money, although it is revered by local residents as miraculous. A stupid mistake? Or, on the contrary, a carefully thought-out crime? Flavia and English art critic Jonathan Argyll begin an investigation. And the first thing they encounter is a mysterious murder...