Madge Swindells

As a thief, Taylor Kincaid has no equal. She is so good that the T-FLAC organization has been hunting her for months. T-FLAC operative Huntington St. John tracks her to South America, where she has just broken into the safe of terrorist Jose Morales and taken not only jewels but computer disks containing vital information about an upcoming attack he's planning. Just when Hunt thinks he has Taylor under control, she escapes. For someone used to running under the radar, Taylor suddenly has many people chasing her. Not trusting by nature, she has her doubts about Hunt and his mystery organization. But when Taylor and the T-FLAC team are nearly killed, she realizes she needs to pick a side. The sparks between Taylor and Hunt are large enough to start a forest fire, but the odds of both of them surviving this mission are not good.

Thirty years ago, the villagers of Temple Minnis conspired to plan and conceal a murder, but now a dying local citizen is suffering from pangs of conscience.

In America today, opera has never been more popular, and one reason for this is, no doubt, that American opera singers are fixtures on every leading opera stage throughout the world. In this lively and engrossing account, Peter G. Davis, music critic for New York magazine and a leading opera authority, tells the story of how these plucky, resilient and supremely talented American singers have transformed this venerable European-born art form and made it their own. Included are Maria Callas, Beverly Sills, Richard Tucker, Leontyne Price, Marilyn Horne, Lawrence Tibbett, and a galaxy of others whose stories are as dramatic and compelling as the roles they sang on stage.