Life as a secretary in New York just got tougher when Viviana
Valentine's boss goes M.I.A in this debut historical mystery, perfect
for fans of Susan Elia MacNeal and Frances Brody.
New York City, 1950. Viviana Valentine is Girl Friday to the city's top
private investigator, Tommy Fortuna. The clients can be frustrating, and
none more maddening than fabulously wealthy Tallmadge Blackstone, who
demands Tommy tail his daughter, Tallulah, and find out why she won't
marry his business partner, a man forty years her senior. Sounds like an
open-and-shut case for a P.I. known for busting up organized crime--but
the next day, Viviana opens the office to find Tommy missing and a
lifeless body on the floor.
The cops swoop in and Detective Jake Lawson issues a warrant for Tommy's
arrest. Desperate to clear Tommy's name, Viviana takes on the Blackstone
case herself. When she goes out for a night on the town with the
heiress, she begins to learn the secrets behind Tallulah's
headline-grabbing life. Meanwhile, Lawson is itching to solve his murder
case, and continues harassing Viviana for answers--until she's the
victim of a series of violent attacks.
But Tommy's still missing, and Viviana is scared. As she digs into the
dirty history of the Blackstone empire, she suddenly realizes the true
danger at hand. Now, it's up to her to find her missing boss and make
sure he doesn't turn up D.O.A.
