Vera, a psychologist from the agency of profiler Emil Gersha, was approached by a strange man. He introduced himself as a famous street artist and asked to return the painting, which he had publicly destroyed during the auction... The stranger admitted that the painting was acquired by his stepmother, the wife of the late head of the Arditis auction house. The artist was deceived by slipping a fake into the frame with the shredder. This Sunday, the widow is going to hold a closed auction at the family estate. As in the good old detective stories, ten people have gathered in a castle on the rocks by the sea... In the action-packed novels of Julia List from the series “The Investigation is Conducted by a Profiler” there is always a battle of intellects - a bright antagonist making a challenge the main characters. Lightness is combined with intelligence, and a scientific background - the psychology of lies - with a bright and carefree atmosphere of life in the European capital.