Music professor Dr. Bern Hendricks is a researcher dedicated to the legacy of Frederic Delaney, whom he considers the best composer in the world. When the Delaney Foundation contacts him to help with researching a long-lost manuscript and preparing it for performance, Bern and his computer scientist assistant Eboni are excited to take on the case. However, the more they examine the lost opera, the more they uncover that it may not have been written by Delaney, but an unknown homeless Black woman named Josephine Reed. As Bern and Eboni try to determine the nature of Reed and Delaney’s relationship, they discover that Reed may have been the musical genius behind Delaney’s success. This is a fascinating musical mystery that will keep readers wanting more.