02232cam a2200361 i 4500 550985930 TxGeo 20220311120000.0 220316s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781496727251 hbk. 1496727258 hbk. TxGeo rda Kalb, Kathleen Marple. A fatal overture / Kathleen Marple Kalb. First Kensington hardcover edition. New York, NY : Kensington Publishing Corp, 2022. 310 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Ella Shane mystery ; 2 "New York City, 1900. Renowned opera singer and theatre company owner Ella may have both much to gain and much to lose by getting engaged to her courtly long-distance love, Gil Saint Auburn. But there's little time for romance or resolutions with Gil's aristocratic mother and aunts visiting Greenwich Village-especially when the ladies discover a dead man in the bathtub of their hotel suite. The victim's disturbing background and subsequent demise at the elegant Waverly Place Hotel leave the group puzzled beyond the obvious certainty of an unnatural death. Adding to the confusion and mounting fear, danger explodes through Ella's close-knit circle after a friend makes a stunning confession and Gil becomes a fresh target for violence. Now, with a London tour run fast approaching, prenuptial worries weighing heavily on her heart, and an intricate Joan of Arc aria to rehearse, can Ella decide what she's willing to sacrifice before confronting a relentless criminal bent on watching her entire life go up in smoke?"-- Provided by publisher. 20230224. Women singers Fiction. Opera Fiction. Jews United States Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. New York (N.Y) History 19th century Fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. Historical fiction. Ella Shane mystery ; 2. QS5