A DESPERATE DIVA SINGS HER SWAN SONG

When a sleazy TV program threatens to tell all about retired opera superstar Carlotta Moses–and the child she allegedly abandoned years ago–the singer’s protective family engages investigator Patricia Delaney to find out who originated this whopper and buy them off. But is this tabloid tale possibly true? As Patricia plunges into a violent, heart-wrenching search for the facts, she faces an even uglier possibility. For within the mystery of Carlotta Moses’s dark past lurks a chilling, infinitely more deadly secret….

“Hercule Poirot, Private Inquiry Agent, used to boast of his ‘leetle gray cells.’ Patricia Delaney, Investigative Consultant, uses the electronic bytes in her ‘little gray box’ to solve her cases with equal efficiency and flair. But computers never replace compassion and it’s a pleasure to watch Delaney at work.” –MARGARET MARON

“A fine addition to the ranks of professional sleuths.” –SUE GRAFTON