Touch a Cold Door — Carey Roberts

CITY HEAT

Washington, D.C. It's a town of manicured lawns and well-kept secrets, of stately homes and designer drugs. It's where the body of wealthy art patron Theo DeLise has just been discovered. And where Detective Anne Fitzhugh has just been assigned.

The case is a tough one: Investigators have ruled DeLise's death an accidental drug overdose. His girl friend thinks it's suicide. But a last desperate message from the deceased points to murder.