The deadly connection between the Duke of Windsor and Adolf Hitler, three murders in the shadow of a historic state visit, and a mysterious blackmail plot. Art expert Lennard Lomberg is under immense pressure in this new case, as he is investigates not only on behalf of the Crown but also for his own sake…
September 2016. Lennard Lomberg receives a desperate call from London. Sir Douglas McEwan, the head of the Royal Collection Trust, is frantic. An anonymous blackmailer claims that the Queen’s favorite painting is a forgery and that he holds the original in his possession. He also threatens to expose an explosive conspiracy concerning the painting – one that would rock political London and the royal court. McEwan urges Lomberg to handle the matter with the utmost discretion – especially since Alexandra Cullen, the art expert who was supposed to examine the painting, has vanished without a trace.
With the help of his daughter Julie, Lomberg gradually uncovers the painting’s bloody secret, delving deep into the shadowy world of German-British secret diplomacy. Meanwhile, detective Sina Röhm is closing in on a foundation rumored to be funding a new right-wing political party. In the process, she stumbles on a name that gives Lomberg pause and soon sparks outrageous suspicions in him…
