JULIAN POV

The framing specialist was named Robert Aoki, and he had a studio on the Upper East Side that had been in his family for three generations. I knew of him the way I knew of most specialists in their fields, through the network of people who needed things done correctly and kept track of who could be trusted to do them.

He answered on the third ring.

"Mr. Blackwood." He recognized my number. I'd used him once before, three years ago, for a document restoration. "How can I help you?"

"I have a photograph," I said. "Black and white. School picture. Approximately twenty years old. There's some age...