and a knight are frozen in time as they move pieces across the board, while the mysterious

duchess sits at a window lost in tought.

All is not as it seems, however, when Julia, an energetic and attractive young art restorer finds

a Latin inscription hidden under layers of paint which asks the enigmatic question, "Who

killed the knight ?".

Trying to discover the meaning of this phrase, Julia enters a shadowy world where the value

of life is less than the price of a painting and the art of murder is more skiful and dangerous

than the sweep of a brush.