This novel, selected by the Literary Guild, Doubleday Book Club, and the Book-ofthe- Month Club, has been hailed as "Daphne du Maurier meets Edith Wharton." Set in turn-of-the-century New York, it is a tale of passion, intrigue, and murder. Mario Alfieri, the world's most famous tenor, is preparing to make his debut at the Met. As he rents a house facing Gramercy Park, he discovers a pale young woman hiding in its music room. Her love-and secrets-soon mesmerize the great man.