From Singer to Department Store Detective
Lotta, a failed singer, is satisfied with her job as a department store detective, but it doesn't make her truly happy. Of course, the fact that she is the daughter of the famous soprano Maria Fiore casts another shadow over her unsuccessful musical career. Carlotta is chaotic, ironic, and has a stronger affinity for alcohol than is good for her. And she has yet to realize how much her life is about to change...

The Show Must Go On
When the police ask Lotta for help with investigations at the Vienna State Opera, she immediately agrees, as she once envisioned herself as a police officer. In the impressive building on the Ringstrasse, one nightingale after another mysteriously falls silent during performances. In front of an audience! Lotta goes undercover into the Vienna art scene. Together with former detective Konrad Fürst, who has been struggling as a clown since the kidnapping of his young daughter, she is hot on the trail of the perpetrator – yet they cannot prevent the curtain from falling forever for some opera stars.

The Most Vivid Characters Since the Inception of Crime Novels
Lotta's life is a rollercoaster: failed dreams and new opportunities, family reunions, love – or maybe not? The failed singer is the first character that Theresa Prammer brought to life in novel form, after she began writing short stories in a colorful notebook as a girl. As an actress and director, Prammer is a professional at empathizing with other lives – and the people from her books greet us like old friends we haven't seen in far too long, whom we want to invite for a coffee immediately.