David Linzee: 2 books

When her opera-fundraiser brother is charged with killing a donor, mezzo-soprano Renata Radleigh must clear his name. The victim invented a lucrative vaccine, and in visiting the medical center, Renata finds an unexpected ally: a handsome young man in PR. Their snooping will take her beyond the small world of grand opera and into the big-money, high-risk pharmaceutical development game.

When Renata Radleigh stumbles over a corpse in London, she fears the death has something to do with her brother Don’s boss, a secretive billionaire speculator. Don is acting as his front-man in St. Louis, Missouri, buying up and renovating a borderline slum. Renata’s beau Peter digs around and...