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Overview

Emma Streat is rebuilding her shattered life in Boston when she receives an SOS from Venice. She must come at once to intervene in a disastrous affair between her opera singer niece, Vanessa, and a notorious playboy. But the night Emma and Vanessa return home, Vanessa is struck down by what appears to be the first case of avian flu in the United States.

Suddenly Emma is forced to cope with the medical world. As the case assumes a larger, international aspect, she finds herself working again with a charismatic British peer. Will their unusual relationship survive Emma’s new interest in a brilliant doctor?

After two ...

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Overview

Emma Streat is rebuilding her shattered life in Boston when she receives an SOS from Venice. She must come at once to intervene in a disastrous affair between her opera singer niece, Vanessa, and a notorious playboy. But the night Emma and Vanessa return home, Vanessa is struck down by what appears to be the first case of avian flu in the United States.

Suddenly Emma is forced to cope with the medical world. As the case assumes a larger, international aspect, she finds herself working again with a charismatic British peer. Will their unusual relationship survive Emma’s new interest in a brilliant doctor?

After two shocking murders, Emma has to rev up her now-established talent for making unlikely connections, in order to smoke out a lethal global network that sells stolen viruses—and save herself from a painful and horrifying death.

Eugenia Lovett West’s sequel to Without Warning is a fast-moving, thrilling ride, featuring a resourceful, mature woman, a unique character in crime fiction today.

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At the start of West's sophisticated second Emma Streat mystery (after 2007's Without Warning), Emma, a former diva who still mourns her late husband as well as the loss of her singing voice and her house on the Connecticut River (“now a pile of bombed out rubble”), flies from Boston to Venice to stop her opera star niece, Vanessa Metcalf, from running away with a millionaire playboy who races cars. In Vanessa's opulent hotel room after a recital, Emma discovers the body of Vanessa's accompanist, Mark Dykstra, hanging from a curtain rod, an apparent suicide. Lord Andrew Rodale, a British spy and Emma's secret lover, lends a hand in her search for answers. When Emma returns home to Boston, she becomes ill with a mysterious virus. While some readers might wish for more action and less armchair detecting at times, all will cheer the courageous and stylish Emma, who typically dons an Hermès scarf when slipping into sleuthing mode. (Dec.)
Kirkus Reviews
A recent widow trying to save her niece from the clutches of a notorious playboy sees her fall victim to a deadlier menace. Emma Streat is putting her life back together after the murder of her husband Lewis and the fire that destroyed their home (Without Warning, 2007). Her sons safely tucked away at first-rate colleges, she's pondering: move or rebuild? Then she gets a frantic call from Cathy Riordan, assistant to her lovely, talented niece Vanessa, who tells her that the diva is ready to chuck her opera career and fly to Sardinia with race-car driver Seth Barzalon. Leaving her soulless Boston rental, Emma arrives in Venice in time to watch Vanessa diss her audience by leaving the palazzo in Barzalon's company without greeting her admirers. Discouraged, Emma returns to the Hotel Dordona, where she finds the body of Vanessa's accompanist Mark Dykstra dangling from the curtain cord. With the help of her friend Lord Andrew Rodale, Emma manages to spirit Vanessa out of Venice despite the interdiction of Commissario Filardi. But the day after their return to Boston, Vanessa falls ill with a virus no one can identify. Barzalon sends his pet researcher, Dr. Greg Atkins, to reassure Emma, but not even a trip to Rodale's Wiltshire estate can persuade her that all will be well. The narrative rarely leaves Emma's head, presenting only one other character at a time and revealing nothing that isn't filtered through her perceptions. Claustrophobic, even though it spans six time zones.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780312371142
  • Publisher: St. Martin's Press
  • Publication date: 11/24/2009
  • Edition description: First Edition
  • Pages: 288
  • Product dimensions: 5.50 (w) x 8.30 (h) x 1.10 (d)

Meet the Author

Eugenia Lovett West was born in Boston. She attended Sarah Lawrence College and worked for Harper’s Bazaar and the American Red Cross. Then came marriage, four children, volunteer work, and freelancing for local papers. Eugenia divides her time between Connecticut and New Hampshire.

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  • Posted October 13, 2009

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    Fans of cerebral couch potatoes whodunits will enjoy the efforts of Mrs. Streat to identify who the killer is

    In Boston, Widow Emma Streat tries to start anew as she grieves the death of her husband Lewis, the destruction of their house, and the loss of her singing voice. The former Diva suddenly receives an SOS from Cathy Riordan in Venice, Italy to intervene before her opera singing niece Vanessa Metcalf makes a terrible miscue; Vanessa's assistant insists Emma's relative is risking her career to run away with a racing driving wealthy womanizer.

    Mark Dykstra, Vanessa's accompanist, hangs himself to the shock and horror of the three women. Emma's lover British espionage agent Lord Rodale quietly investigates the death as he also arranges for the aunt and niece to fly to Massachusetts. As a second murder occurs, Vanessa becomes ill from what is apparently the avian flu.

    The second Emma Streat amateur sleuth tale (see Without Warning) is an engaging cozy as the fortyish heroine connects the seemingly unlinked dots. The story line is fun to follow though somewhat passive as Mrs. Streat works the case from a distance. Fans of cerebral couch potatoes whodunits will enjoy the efforts of Mrs. Streat to identify who the killer is and why.

    Harriet Klausner

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