Requiem For A Mezzo Av Carola Dunn

<p>With dashing Scotland Yard detective Alec Fletcher at her side, Daisy Dalrymple is enjoying a splendid performance of Verdi''s <i>Requiem </i>featuring her neighbour Muriel Westlea''s celebrated sister, Bettina. But the show comes to an abrupt end when what emerges from the star''s gifted vocal chords is literally a dying gasp. <br><br>Daisy soon learns that the doomed diva was notoriously difficult and had more than her share of enemies. There''s a philandering tenor, a burly Russian bass and even her own vocal coach husband, with whom she had a turbulent relationship.<br><br>Did one of them poison the singer? Or was it someone determined to see that Daisy''s investigation ends on as bitter a note as Bettina''s last performance . . .<br><br><b>Praise for the Daisy Dalrymple series:<br></b><br>''Dunn describes 1920s London and the characters in detail and highlights the interplay between Alec and Daisy.'' <i>Library Journal</i><br><br>''Engaging . . . Dunn''s style gives an entertai