Delaware Wilsonaprofessional photographer, master thief, and convicted felonahas the chance to get out of prison if she helps FBI Special Agent Randy Wallace, posing as an insurance investigator, recover the 100-carat diamond she stole from the New Orleans Art Museum when itas discovered that the arecovereda gem on display is fake. Dela has 72 hours to find the real murderer of the museum curatorathe man she was convicted of killing and her accomplice in the theft. The agrievinga widow, who succeeded her deceased husband as curator, and Giovanni St.-BaptistA©, Delaas former aemployer, a head of an influential New Orleans crime family, top her list of suspects. Delaas investigation reveals much more than the real culpritsalong-kept family secrets, the identity of New Orleansa notorious aAngel of Death, a the daughter shead given up for adoption years before, and the love she thought was lost forever.