Trouble in Alexandria. Alexandria series, #2

Tom Walters was an author of best-selling erotica romance novels. But he was unknown under his name, since he wrote as a woman named Daphne Spenser. He finally revealed that he was a man and was now writing crime novels. Tom's love, Mary Breton, had an altercation with a rival, Cicely Winston, at a bar and a threats were made. Two days later, Mary was arrested for the murder of Winston. Will Tom and his father, a retired police detective, find out who actually murdered Winston and was a hitman involved.
Will Tom's new book be a best seller? This is book two of the Alexandria series, and is a novella.