On an evening walk, art restorer Tessa makes a terrifying discovery: in a lonely chapel in the woods, she comes across a gruesome corpse on display. The corpse bears the stigmata of St. Sebastian. Chief Inspector Lennart Wiedmeyer, who is in charge of the investigation, suspects that this case is unlike anything he has ever experienced before - and that he needs an expert at his side. Together with Tessa, he tries to find out which painting was the inspiration for the murderous staging. While the two of them put together piece after piece of the puzzle based on the identity of the dead man, the killer is already looking for his next victim. Because his masterpiece is far from complete ...

Liliane Skalecki is an art historian and archaeologist and likes to devote her crime novels to topics from these exciting fields. While rummaging through antiquarian bookshops and delving into the past, she discovers many a mystery, which she solves, also under a pseudonym, with the help of her characters in gripping cases. She lives with her family in Bremen and the south of France. Her homepage: www.liliane.skalecki.info