2022 IPPY Gold Award and National Indie Excellence Award Winner

Overcoming loss—finding the courage to move on—trying to stay alive

Late in the Cold War, a young woman escapes from Communist Hungary, vanishing into the night with a priceless painting and a baby girl—setting events in motion from a decades-old secret that will change lives for generations to come.

Many years later, classical pianist Maggie O’Shea is drawn to Cornwall in search of a long-lost Van Gogh and the truth behind her husband’s death. A journal from World War II Paris holds many of the answers, but only two people know where the Van Gogh is hidden now—a courageous nun and a man presumed dead.

Set against the backdrop of the international music and art world, Maggie finds herself on a collision course with three dangerous Russians who threaten all she holds dear—including her life and the life of the man she has come to love.

Past and present converge in this haunting tale of loss, courage, love, and revenge.

Perfect for fans of Sandra Brown and Iris Johansen

While the novels in the Maggie O’Shea Mystery Series stand on their own and can be read in any order, the publication sequence is:

The Lost Concerto
Dark Rhapsody
Shadow Music

The Lost Concerto introduces Boston classical pianist Maggie O’Shea. Haunted by the violent death of her husband, grief has crushed her passion for music. Moving on is unthinkable, until an old photograph draws Maggie to Paris in a desperate search for her missing godson. Threatened by a vicious killer, Maggie is swept up in decades-old secrets involving stolen art and music. Maggie will fight for a little boy’s life and discover an unexpected love - and a priceless concerto lost for decades.

Dark Rhapsody (Book 2 of the Maggie O’Shea Classical Music Suspense Series)

 As classical pianist Maggie O’Shea prepares for her return to the music world, an unforgettable rhapsody and roses from a sinister admirer draw her into the mystery of her mother’s death and deadly secrets from World War II. In a compelling blend of past and present, Maggie is hunted by a brutal, disfigured killer who threatens those she holds dear – a vanished symphony conductor, the innocent heir to a priceless Matisse, and the colonel she has come to love.