Joanna Stark thought she had finally left her troubled past behind: After the death of her husband, she quit the San Francisco art security firm where she was a partner and retreated to the small California wine country town of Sonoma.

But unexpectedly, in one rainy week before Thanksgiving, her carefully constructed world collapses. A Frans Hals painting, The Cavalier in White, is stolen from the M.H. de Young Museum, and the strange circumstances surrounding its disappearance prompt her former business partner to ask her to return to the city and investigate the theft. Joanna knows she must go back—as much for her own protection as for the sake of the museum.

Her investigation takes her from the hushed corridors of the de Young to a seedy waterfront tavern; from a Seacliff mansion to a vandalized shack on the shores of the Bay; to galleries, museum openings—and the scene of a murder.

By the time she confronts the killer, the careful order of her life is nearly destroyed and she finds that the past is not only inescapable, but also more complex and frightening than she had previously imagined.

About the Reader

Jennifer Vaughn entered the voice over industry as a signature/branding voice for the concert and radio industry. Her first stations included WAAF in Boston and BAY-FM Tokyo, and her first concert ad campaigns included Boney James, Bonnie Raitt, James Taylor and The Indigo Girls to name a few.

In this decade alone, Jennifer has performed voice-overs on an astonishing variety of projects ranging from commercial (Eureka, FootLocker, Nabisco, Lysol) to documentary film (narrator for motivational speaker Tony Robbins DVDs, as well as wildlife series: "Discover the Wild"). She continues to provide Television and Radio Stations with promo signature voice work (NBC Today Show, HBO, Discovery Channel) and also records tutorials and training courseware daily for Fortune 500 companies (AT&T, American Express, Adobe, Marriot) around the world.

Jennifer is just as popular in the Audiobook and Gaming industry, as the principle performer in virtually every genre, being she is able to perform countless characters, ages and accents.

With home studios in both Florida (winter home) and Colorado (summer home), she provides consistently great performances daily.

For more information on Jennifer Vaughn, please visit her website at www.jennifervaughn.com.