Expat Zoe Barlow has settled well into her artist's life among the Lost Generation in 1920s Paris. Eager to learn whether Laurette, a clock vendor at Montparnasse flea market, has a stash of paintings by Chagall, Zoe snoops around and indeed finds several additional Chagalls, and then finds Laurette herself, dead beneath a scrap heap, her beautiful face bashed inches With Paris hosting the 1924 Summer Olympics, the police are far too busy with tourist-related crimes to devote much time to investigating the murder. After returning the paintings to a grateful Marc Chagall, Zoe begins her own investigation. When Zoe discovers a second murder victim, the pressure is on to find the killer.