by Cleo Coyle
First published 2017
Clare Cosi cries happy tears when her NYPD detective boyfriend Mike slips an engagement ring onto her finger. Her octogenarian employer provided the coffee-colored diamonds, and a world-famous jeweler crafted the setting. The celebration ends abruptly when a grim attorney arrives with a mysterious letter. He tells Clare's daughter she has inherited a hidden treasure. Then the jeweler who made Clare's ring dies from poison in his own shop. Both events connect to an old murder case involving a sunken ship, an Italian curse, and a charming jewel thief. Clare discovers a shocking family secret lies at the heart of the mystery. She searches New York's most hidden corners for clues while an old vendetta threatens to create new victims. Clare must solve the cold case before the killer strikes again.
Genres: romance, mystery, crime, contemporary, adult-fiction, detective
Vibes: engaging, fast-paced, intriguing, romantic, suspenseful
Tropes: amateur-sleuth, family-mystery, hidden-inheritance, second-chance-romance
Setting: New York, Italy
Period: 21st-century, contemporary
368 pages · Hardcover · Berkley
Content warnings: death, murder