The Family Vault

An aging strippers fresh corpse turns up in an old family tomb at Boston Common in this first-rate suspense whodunit (The Cincinnati Post). Like many old New England families, the Kellings live to die. Although their family vault is spacious and comfortable, it will not do for Sarah Kellings Great-Uncle Frederick. In his will, he demands to be buried inside the ancient family tomb at Boston Common, which hasnt admitted a new member in over a century. But when the Kellings crack the old vaults door, they find a recently built brick walland behind it lays a surprisingly fresh corpse, a skeleton with rubies in its teeth. Her name was Ruby Redd, and many years ago she was the toast of Bostons burlesque scene. Her murder case is ice cold, but when Sarah begins investigating it, she finds that the fiery passions behind Rubys death still burn white hot. With the help of art-fraud investigator Max Bittersohn, Sarah will solve the mystery of the strippers murderor take her own place in the family vault.