Synopsis "The Divinity File: A Case for Ernie Fontaine (in English)"
When Ernie Fontaine, former cop-turned-PI, relocates to Duluth, Minnesota, in search of her missing fiancé, John Luciano, she plays right into the hands of powerful businessman, Genovio Palicelli, "the Scorpion." Owner of Palicelli Portage and Freight (PPF), a Lake Superior shipping company and major Duluth employer, Palicelli also searches for John, who disappeared six years ago. Though not officially declared dead, John is assumed so by everyone but Ernie and the Scorpion. Ernie needs John alive. The Scorpion needs him dead and needs Ernie to find him. After reluctantly accepting a new case, seemingly unrelated to her own search, Ernie soon begins asking the right questions of the wrong man, Palicelli himself. Her client, Harry Pritchett, hires her to reinvestigate his wife Sonata's death, three years past. Sonata, an accounting secretary for PPF, died by apparent suicide, but Harry believes she was murdered. Uncovering only disconnected fragments of information at first merely piques Ernie's interest-especially learning that a mysterious file exists. Previously undiscovered, the file-the Divinity file-is missing. "Missing" is all the incentive Ernie needs to dive into a dangerous game of cat and mouse with the Scorpion. Drawing only sketchy parallels between her current case and yet another past death, that of her fiancé's father, Ernie questions the unlikely interconnections and believes the Divinity file is key to providing answers to questions not yet even asked . . . and perhaps to her fiancé's disappearance. Ernie's temerity and intelligence pit her against the Scorpion's ruthlessness and cunning, bringing the full force of his rage down upon her. Her life hangs in the balance as both she and the Scorpion search for John and the Divinity file. Driven by perhaps more guts than common sense, Ernie needs all her wits-and a deeply troubled teenager-to unveil the truth and stay alive.
