"Oh my gosh, Nicky. She's starkers! " Detective Nick Christmas and his partner Randi are staking out the art gallery curator's young protégé who may know more about the apparent theft of a famous painting of a nude goddess. Could his unidentified model be involved? Someone at the manor of the wealthy patron who purchased it? Or maybe one of the Marilyn Monroe lookalike finalists from the curator's beauty contest promoting a mysterious exhibit to be unveiled at her Fourth of July gala? From the heights of Oregon's Portland Vista Bridge landmark to the nearby tony Pearl District's art scene, they will use whatever resources available, including Randi's close relative and Nick's former Nohomish County detective partner, to track down what happened to the painting.