Gold for the Dead

Cantor Gold expects a familiar birthday celebration when she visits her friend Nick Fortunato in New York in 1958. Instead, the art thief finds blood and an absence that leads her into the dangerous workings of Nick's gambling business. Even an attempt to hide him away cannot prevent his murder. Cantor begins tracing the interests of colleagues, bettors and powerful associates who might profit from his death, with Nick's capable assistant Abbey O'Brien among those whose position demands attention. The seventh Cantor Gold mystery brings its lesbian protagonist back into a world where friendship and criminal obligation overlap, and where finding a killer means navigating both underworld loyalties and the persistent threat of police scrutiny.