Here are a few musical mysteries for mystery fans who want to keep pace with the excitement of this year’s Westport Reads which features Mark Salzman’s The Soloist.
There are three titles in the Sara Selkirk series by Morag Joss. Sara is a cellist who lives in Bath and often plays in the Pump Room at tea time.
Batya Gur’s Jerusalem detective Michael Ohayon is a classical music aficionado. In Murder Duet, when his cellist friend's father and brother who are also well-known musicians are murdered, an unknown Vivaldi requiem provides a rock-solid motive for the crime.
Gregory Crowne, whose real name happens to be Crown Prince Gregory of Hirtenstein, is a concert agent turned amateur detective in Tessa Barclay’s series. In the series opener, Farewell Performance, Crowne steps in when a maestro's priceless cello is stolen.
In The Rainaldi Quartet by Paul Adam, when a violin maker in contemporary Cremona, Italy is murdered after dropping hints about a search for a rare and magnificent violin, a police detective who plays with him in a string quartet investigates.
If historical settings are your thing, try the Tito Amato series by Beverle Graves Myers. Amato is an 18th century Venetian opera singer.
And, cozy fans, there is one for you, too! In Sara Hoskinson Frommer’s Death Climbs a Tree, Joan Spencer, manager of the local civic symphony, is up a tree herself when one of her top violinists deserts the orchestra right before a concert and then turns up dead.
We look forward to seeing you at some of the many Westport Reads events throughout the month.