In einem kleinen Ort in Indiana hat es der weibliche Hilfsheriff Marty Hopkins gleich mit mehreren seltsamen Ereignissen zu tun: einem grausamen Mord, dem mysteriösen Tod des Richters und der Entführung einer älteren Frau
Steve Bradford has a good job, a loving wife and a precious daughter, but he dreams of life in Venezuela with another woman. Actor Nick O'Connor allows himself the luxury of a little hope, cast in a production with the famous Ramona Ricci. But there are new responsibilities too, as he and his wife, statistician Maggie Ryan, are adjusting to life with a baby daughter of their own. Then Ramona is shot, and Steve puts Maggie at the heart of a dangerous deception. This Mystery Company edition restores to print the fifth novel in the Maggie Ryan series.
Set against the backdrop of Brooklyn's Park Slope, the story follows realtor Len Trager as he struggles to sell a brownstone haunted by a corpse and an uncooperative tenant, Julia Northrup. Maggie Ryan and her husband, Nick O'Connor, are undeterred by the unusual circumstances and see potential in the property. This fourth installment of the Maggie Ryan series, originally published in 1989, is a nominee for the Macavity and Anthony Awards, blending mystery with a unique real estate twist.