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Oh wonderful world, where the highest human ambition is to become a work of art in the genre of hyper-dramatism, a painting or even domestic utensils, a symbol of someone else's wealth and power. In this world, the canvases of... artists literally live; they breathe and stand still for long hours, adorning galleries and luxurious private homes. The great prophet of the new art is the Dutch master Bruno van Tisth. To become a painting at his upcoming exhibition is the dream of any professional canvas, including Clara Reyes, who has wanted all her life to be written as a masterpiece. However, van Tisth's canvases fall one after another at the hands of a sophisticated killer, because high art is not only authentic life, but also inevitably authentic death, and the detectives set on their trail must understand this with unbearable clarity. We protect Art, for it is the most precious legacy of humanity; but are we ready to protect the person? José Carlos Somoza, a brilliant Spanish writer, winner of the Golden Dagger award and many other literary prizes, creator of multi-layered worlds where very terrible deeds are done, wrote a brilliant philosophical thriller, an unexpected gripping puzzle, a portrait of black human nature, striving for the beautiful.