When her artist father emerges from an eight-year coma, Jane Sailor, a theatrical choreographer, discovers that his tragic fall down the stairs of their Soho loft was no accident. But when he dies suspiciously, Jane becomes convinced that the clock in one of his paintings is the key to his murder. Embarking on an odyssey into the international art world, Jane unearths her family's secrets, and hopes to live long enough to share them.