"Dunn describes 1920s London and the characters in detail and highlights the interplay
between Alec and Daisy. A snug read."Library Journal

In the third installment of Carola Dunn's cozy mystery series, Daisy Dalrymple is up to her fashionable
bob in temperamental artistsone of whom is a cunning killer.

With dashing Scotland Yard Inspector Alec Fletcher at her side, Daisy is enjoying a delightful performance
of Verdi's Requiem, featuring her neighbor Muriel Westlea's celebrated sister, Bettina. But when all
that emerges from the doomed diva's vocal chords is a dying gasp, Daisy soon discovers that the notoriously
difficult opera star had her share of adversaries, among them a smugly philandering tenor, a burly Russian
bass, and even her own vocal coach husband, with whom she shared a hardly harmonious marriage. Did one
of them fatally poison the acclaimed mezzo? Or is someone else determined to see that Daisy's investigation
ends on as bitter a note as Bettina's fateful last performance

Carola Dunn was born and raised in England. She now lives in Eugene, Oregon.

Bernadette Dunne has narrated audiobooks since 1997. She was twice nominated for the Audie Award and has won six AudioFile Earphones Awards. She studied at the Royal National Theatre in London and The Studio Theater in Washington, D.C., and has appeared at the Kennedy Center and Off Broadway. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.