T R Dowden

Delaware Blues T R Dowden

Delaware Wilson-professional photographer, master thief, and convicted felon-has the chance to get out of prison if she helps FBI Special Agent Randy Wallace, posing as an insurance investigator, recover the 100-carat diamond she stole from the New Orleans Art Museum when it's discovered that the "recovered" gem on display is a fake. Dela has 72 hours to find the real murderer of the museum curator-the man she was convicted of killing and her accomplice in the theft. The "grieving" widow, who succeeded her deceased husband as curator, and Giovanni St.-Baptisté, Dela's former "employer," head of an influential New Orleans crime family, top her list of suspects. Dela's investigation reveals much more than the real culprits-long kept family secrets, the identity of New Orleans' notorious "Angel of Death," the daughter she'd given up for adoption years before, and the love she thought was lost forever.