An aging stripper's fresh corpse turns up in an old family tomb at
Boston Common in this "first-rate suspense whodunit" (The Cincinnati
Post).
Like many old New England families, the Kellings live to die. Although
their family vault is spacious and comfortable, it will not do for Sarah
Kelling's Great-Uncle Frederick. In his will, he demands to be buried
inside the ancient family tomb at Boston Common, which hasn't admitted a
new member in over a century. But when the Kellings crack the old
vault's door, they find a recently built brick wall--and behind it lays
a surprisingly fresh corpse, a skeleton with rubies in its teeth.
Her name was Ruby Redd, and many years ago she was the toast of Boston's
burlesque scene. Her murder case is ice cold, but when Sarah begins
investigating it, she finds that the fiery passions behind Ruby's death
still burn white hot. With the help of art-fraud investigator Max
Bittersohn, Sarah will solve the mystery of the stripper's murder--or
take her own place in the family vault.