The Lady in the Silver Cloud

In this latest mystery by bestselling author David Handler, ghostwriting sleuth Stewart Hoag investigates the murder of his wealthy neighbour, and discovers her dark, mobbed-up past... A 1955 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud is a fantastically expensive car, especially the pristine example owned by Muriel Cantrell. Muriel lives in a luxury apartment building on Central Park West, where she's a neighbour of beautiful movie star Merilee Nash - and author Stewart Hoag, who has been welcomed back into Merliee's life.Hoag, whose career crashed when he got into drugs and alcohol, is on the up and he and basset hound Lulu are glad to be sharing Merilee's life - and apartment - again. The pair and the building's other residents are shocked when the delicate, sweet, elderly Muriel is murdered after a Halloween party. No one takes it harder than her long-time chauffeur, 'Bullets' Durmond.Who in the world would want to harm the silver-haired lady whose major vices were buying shoes and Chanel suits, and watching daytime soap operas?Lieutenant Romaine Very of the NYPD is called to investigate and again seeks help from his friend Hoag, who has been an invaluable aide in the past. Hoag, right on hand to help the investigation, is only too happy to help. Their sleuthing soon leads to the unexpected source of Muriel's wealth, the history of her early years as a hat-check girl at the Copacabana, and how her chauffeur came to be called Bullets (not to mention his links to the Mob)...plus Muriel's desperate meth-head nephew, and her wealthy neighbours, who have secrets of their own... A gripping new mystery, The Lady in the Silver Cloud was a Traditional & Historical Crime Club Pick on release.