But I Wouldn't Want To Die There

Description for BUT I WOULDN'T WANT TO DIE THER by Nancy Pickard:

Ordinarily, Massachusetts native Jenny Cain would be thrilled to spend time in New York City. But her good friend Carol Margolis has just been brutally murdered--a mugging gone wrong, say the police--and Jenny's been tapped to step into Carol's shoes as temporary director of the Hart Foundation.

In New York, Jenny soon finds that almost everyone Carol knew had, if not a motive to kill, at least a grudge--from sharp-tongued Patricia Vinitsky, president of the Hart board, to Carol's estranged husband, Steve, a blues musician. And everywhere she goes, Jenny cannot escape the city's almost palpable aura of violence. Somewhere in the vast, vital metropolis, Carol's murderer is lurking, waiting for Jenny to make the wrong move. New York is a great place to visit, but... 

This is #8 in A Jenny Cain Mystery.