A music teacher, closet poet, and justice seeker—how far will she go to protect family honor?

Viola Bardo’s much-awaited Christmas break at her father’s art gallery is not what she expected when a web of deception triggers a series of events and uncanny revelations.

Past and present collide across two countries in a bizarre twist at Galleria Bardo. The city street art and an enigmatic night wayfarer haunt her in the obscure laneways of her paternal ancestral home. Viola grapples with her stifled emotions when her father’s once-popular gallery falls prey to an underbelly movement during his artists in residence program.

Can she protect her father as a lone private investigator, or will her heart cloud her judgement?

Who is the stranger with the sad familiar eyes, lopsided gait, and swishing ankle-length coat—lurking wherever she goes?