Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder

It’s a major cultural event: the unveiling of a lost Vermeer painting at the Los Angeles Art Museum—en route to Amsterdam. Estimated value: one hundred and fifty million dollars. For its owner, Hildy Bloome, it’s an emotional and personal moment. Long ago, the rare landscape was stolen from her family by the Nazis. Finally returned to her, it’s now Hildy’s gift to the art world. As luck would have it, Cathy Davis (Lea Thompson, Back to the Future), the government’s sharpest undercover secret agent (aka Jane Doe), is also in attendance for the showing—because no sooner than the Vermeer is set for display, it suddenly disappears. All that’s left is an empty frame and a cryptic set of numbers boldly scribbled by the thief: 15-21-1890.