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Paganini's Ghost
Out of Print
Paganini's
Ghost
Superb...captivating but never
transparent...enriched by meticulously detailed historical intrigues.
Publishers Weekly,
Starred Review.
A delightful romp through
19th-century classical music and the hunt for an invaluable art object. Readers
will love this mystery.
Library Journal
Review, Starred Review.
This is the sequel to Paul Adam’s novel, Sleeper (USA title, The Rainaldi Quartet), about Cremona violin maker, Gianni Castiglione, and his detective friend, Antonio Guastafeste.
In Paganini’s Ghost, Gianni and Antonio return to investigate more mysterious deaths in a tantalising story of love, deception and greed. If you enjoyed their earlier adventure, you will be delighted by this new tale.
Paganini – showman, womaniser, dazzling virtuoso – is one of the most charismatic characters in the history of classical music. His violin, il Cannone (the Cannon), is now kept in Genoa, Italy, where it is played only once every two years in a sold-out concert by the winner of an international competition.
This year, though, a Parisian art dealer is found dead in his hotel room the day after the concert. In his wallet is a scrap of sheet music, torn from a page that belongs to the competition’s winner. But how did the dead man get hold of it? And why?
Detective Antonio Guastafeste asks violin maker Gianni Castiglione to help him navigate the curious world of classical musicians, their priceless instruments and the unsavoury dealers who prey upon them. Together, Antonio and Gianni must unravel another mystery that has gone unanswered for over a century, one that may hold the answer to the modern-day murder.
Filled with remarkable history and musical lore, Paganini’s Ghost plays at a breathtaking tempo that will keep you reading until the very last page.
Paganini's Ghost is published in the UK by Endeavour Publishing.