Nicki is an American from New York City living in a studio apartment in the old Parisian artist colony of Montmartre. From her tiny one-room studio, she has a cherished view of the last remaining vineyard in Paris, a relic of the time when the great Impressionists lived and painted in Montmartre because it was cheap, a rural farming community on the outskirts of the bustling metropolitan city. Nicki’s ambition is to spend all her free time exploring the world of art, but she seldom gets the chance. She’s worked her way up from the bottom at Interpol to become a field agent, earn a decent if not great salary and get a little respect. Last year she helped the Surete, crack an old crime and it got her the long awaited promotion to full agent. But it also brought her the hatred of a rich and powerful man now determined to crush her. City Commissioner Alain Vernier has plans for how Nicki Foster will spend her next few days, running for her life with no chance of winning.