At a lavish reception in New York, Lady Violet meets a brilliant young painter whose new portrait is the talk of the town. But who is the mysterious man with tiger eyes who won't leave his side? When both portrait and painter disappear, Violet and Garth investigate, and find themselves drawn deeper and deeper into the dangerous New York underworld.

At a lavish reception in New York, Lady Violet meets a brilliant young painter whose new portrait is the talk of the town. But who is the mysterious man with tiger eyes who won't leave his side? When both portrait and painter disappear, Violet and Garth investigate, and find themselves drawn deeper and deeper into the dangerous New York underworld.