Handsome young art teacher Edward Gamble has an appetite for mysteries which is insatiable at the best of times, but a chance encounter at a New Year's Eve party sets him on a path to track down what remains of his late mother's paintings. This irresistible desire to reconnect with his past exposes a crime which Edward is determined to solve, aided by his best friend the faithful, if somewhat reluctant, Charlie Cutler. Our irrepressible sleuth even finds time to turn his talents to unravelling a few other mysteries along the way, sometimes with unexpected consequences!