Summary: "Following the heartwarming conclusion to her Deborah Knott series, New York Times bestselling author Margaret Maron returns with a thrilling new mystery featuring NYPD detective Sigrid Harald"-- Provided by publisher.
From New York Times bestselling, award-winning author Margaret Maron--winner of the Edgar Award, Agatha Award, Anthony Award, and Macavity Award for her classic mystery The Bootlegger's Daughter --comes a stunning mystery featuring NYPD Detective Sigrid Harald.
"Every Margaret Maron is a celebration of something remarkable." -- New York Times Book Review
"Maron writes with wit and sophistication." -- USA Today
"There's nobody better." -- Chicago Tribune
NYPD Detective Sigrid Harald is still reeling from the untimely death of her lover, acclaimed painter Oscar Nauman, when she is called to investigate the poisoning of two homeless men in the West Village. As she examines the mysterious deaths, Sigrid uncovers a grim neighborhood scandal surrounding two influential women: one a haughty mafia widow, the other a retired opera prima donna, both with dark secrets they've kept under wraps for decades. Was the poison really meant for the homeless men, or were they merely unintended victims as the decades-long feud between the two women comes to a head?
And still, Sigrid can't stop wondering what brought her late lover so urgently across the country to the winding mountain road that took his life--until she meets a man who may hold the answers she seeks . . . .
"Opening a new Margaret Maron is like unwrapping a Christmas gift." -- Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Of today's series writers none has been more successful at weaving the bond between star and audience than Margaret Maron." -- San Diego Union-Tribune
"Following the heartwarming conclusion to her Deborah Knott series, New York Times bestselling author Margaret Maron returns with a thrilling new mystery featuring NYPD detective Sigrid Harald"-- Provided by publisher.
Maron wraps up her Sigrid Harald series with this sequel to Fugitive Colors (1995), set in New York in the 1990s. NYPD Lieutenant Harald is still mourning the accidental death of her lover, renowned artist Oscar Nauman, when two homeless men are found dead on a park bench with takeout boxes from a nearby Italian restaurant next to the bodies. When autopsies show the men were poisoned with Coumadin, the investigation centers on the two neighborhood dowagers who provided the food: Sofia DelVecchio, widow of a Mafia boss and godmother of one of the dead men, and Charlotte Randolph, former opera star with a memoir in the works, who identifies the other dead man as a onetime lover who came to her for money. As detectives piece together the complicated relationship between the two women, Harald also is dealing with the pending retrospective of Nauman's work and the appearance of his possible heir. Tying up loose ends, the acclaimed Maron provides an entertaining and intriguing finish to a remarkable body of work.--Leber, Michele Copyright 2017 Booklist