A Star Above Her Table

A beautiful Hollywood actress... One infamous and obsessed thief... White at war with a mobster and himself... New York, 1934, and when movie star Merle Adams has her diamonds stolen from the safe of a top hotel, White, as Head of Detective Squad, investigates. A second audacious theft puts the detective on the trail of an infamous international criminal nicknamed Carlos the Cat, but Merle's complicated association with a mob boss masquerading as a patron of the arts muddies the waters of the case. Walking a tightrope of romantic entanglement with the beguiling Merle, White travels to Hollywood in pursuit of the jewels. In the capitol of fantasy and illusion, the detective must work out what the relationship between Merle and Carlos really is, who stole the diamonds, and how he can get to the truth without losing his head along the way. 'A Star Above Her Table' is the third novel in 'The White Knight: Tales of a New York Detective' series.