"Oh my gosh, Nicky. She's starkers!" Detective Nick Christmas and his partnerRandi are staking out the art gallery curator's young protégé who may know moreabout the apparent theft of a famous painting of a nude goddess. Could hisunidentified model be involved? Someone at the manor of the wealthy patronwho purchased it? Or maybe one of the Marilyn Monroe lookalike finalistsfrom the curator's beauty contest promoting a mysterious exhibit to be unveiledat 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.