by Linda Barnes
First published 1995
Carlotta Carlyle once harmonized with Dee Willis on stage. Those days are gone. Dee now commands sold-out concerts while Carlotta drives Boston cab shifts and tracks down missing people. She also dates a mobster's son, which complicates things. Dee calls with a problem. A guitarist from their past claims he wrote three of Dee's biggest hits. He wants money to stay quiet. Dee needs Carlotta to find him and shut down his blackmail scheme. Carlotta starts digging through Boston's music scene. The corruption runs deeper than song theft. It reaches into Dee's inner circle of managers and hangers-on. Then Carlotta discovers a corpse in Dee's luxury hotel suite. The case stops being about stolen melodies or extortion money. This investigation forces Carlotta to face what she and Dee shared before fame divided them. Some wounds never heal. Some secrets destroy everything they touch.
Genres: mystery, crime, contemporary, music
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Boston
270 pages · Pocket Book