An impulsive online purchase leads Stefanus Nel to a painting and a mysterious scrapbook believed to have belonged to Vladimir Tretchikoff, whose works have sold for millions. What starts as curiosity quickly turns into an obsession. Stefanus and his anxious dachshund, Rocky, embark on an adventure that leads them from art experts and auction houses to laboratories and scientific testing. As the investigation reveals what lies beneath the paint, it leads them to the artist’s family and granddaughter. But is it a real Tretchikoff, and is it his to keep?