"More Savage, please!" cried the

London Sundav Times in response

to actor/author Laurence Payne s

popular creation, actor-turned-

investigator Mark Savage. Now,

VIENNA BLOOD brings Savage back

for another witty, action-packed,

and highly intriguing espionage

romp. This latest adventure turns

into a real family affair as Savage

travels to the Austrian capital to

crack a deliciously bizarre case at

the request of his great aunt, Alicia

Sternberg, the world-renowned

grande dame of opera.

Summoned to what he believes

will be her deathbed, Savage soon

discovers that his famous relative is

anything but the frail woman he ex-

pected. For he is greeted by an im-

posing, impossibly hearty Alicia,

who is anxious to whisk him off on a

very special cloak and dagger affair.

It seems that someone has turned

up claiming to be Alicia s long-