Adult Thrillers
Unholy Trinity
Shadow Chasers
Genesis II
Flash Point
Sleeper
Enemy Within
Knife Edge
Paganini's Ghost
Out of Print
Sleeper
(USA
title:
The Rainaldi Quartet)
An
intelligent, civilised
mystery…
beautifully written,
a
real pleasure to read.
Sunday Telegraph, London.
Tension that resonates
like
flawlessly
tuned strings.
The Guardian, London.
A murder-mystery about the search for a long-lost, priceless violin, Sleeper strikes a highly original chord in the canon of thrillers. Accompanied by two centuries of myth, music and mystery, it provides a fascinating glimpse into a closed world – played at a rhythm that is fast-paced, furious and unforgettable.
Tomaso Rainaldi, an elderly, unassuming violin maker in the quiet Italian city of Cremona is brutally murdered. His friend and fellow-violin maker, Gianni Castiglione, begins to investigate the death, discovering a link to the fabled Messiah violin, Stradivari’s most sublime creation, the Mona Lisa of the music world.
As Gianni probes deeper, he finds himself involved in a sequence of startling events that leads to another murder, a mysterious Englishman and an unscrupulous violin dealer. A train of events that careers across Italy and England as Gianni becomes a player in a game where musical instruments change hands for millions, where forgery is an art form and the preferred method of negotiation is murder…
Sleeper was published in the UK by Time-Warner Books and is also available in audio edition.
The book is available in Kindle edition from Amazon under its USA name, The Rainaldi Quartet.
Order The Rainaldi Quartet Kindle edition from Amazon.co.uk
The Rainaldi Quartet is published in the USA in paperback by Felony and Mayhem.