Avery Ayers and her associates at Antiques and Artifacts Appraised head off to catalogue the contents of a mansion on the Hudson River. But regal splendor becomes a backdrop to mayhem when the precious Viktor Petrova timepiece disappears and people start turning up dead. Detective Art Smith lends his expertise, but the suspect list encompasses the Duke's entire retinue - including his family. A criminal mastermind is making a desperate bid for ill-gotten riches... can Avery bring the culprit to justice before her time is up?
