The Van Gogh Murders is a modern mystery and political satire with an unusual villain - white male privilege. James Hitchcock, a dog photographer and a detective with an expired license, sees an original Van Gogh hanging on the wall of a murdered destitute man. When the painting disappears, no one believes he saw it. After consulting a local Santa Barbara artist named RK, whom everybody else thinks is dead, Hitchcock begins to believe he is seeing, and chasing, ghosts. Increasingly unstable, he must solve the murder, locate the missing painting, confront the Alt-right, and find three lost dogs. No one said it was going to be an easy case.