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Adam, Paul, 1958-
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Violin makers -- Crimes against -- Fiction.
Violin -- Fiction.
Police -- Italy -- Fiction.
Italy -- Fiction.
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Adam, Paul, 1958-
Violin makers -- Crimes against -- Fiction.
Violin -- Fiction.
Police -- Italy -- Fiction.
Italy -- Fiction.
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The Rainaldi Quartet / Paul Adam.
by
Adam, Paul, 1958-
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur, 2006, c2004.
Call #:
FICTION
ADA
Subjects
Violin
makers
--
Crimes
against
--
Fiction
.
Violin
--
Fiction
.
Police
--
Italy
--
Fiction
.
Italy
--
Fiction
.
ISBN:
9780312350048
031235004X
Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
Description:
310 p. ; 22 cm.
Summary:
"Who would want to kill Tomaso Rainaldi, an elderly, unassuming violin-maker in the quiet Italian city of Cremona? For his friend and fellow violin-maker Gianni Castiglione, the murder is as mysterious as it is shocking. Rainaldi had few possessions, no enemies and little money. No one – least of all the police – can fathom a motive for murdering him. All he really had was an obsessive love of violins and an encyclopedic knowledge of them. But what if he knew more than anyone else – not just about famous violins, but about missing violins? Ones of the caliber of the fabled Messiah, Stradivari’s most sublime creation, the Mona Lisa of the music world. A
violin
now in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford – and worth millions... Aided by his friend, policeman Antonio Guastafeste, Gianni starts to investigate the dead man’s affairs. Affairs that reveal an appointment in Venice with the eccentric and exceedingly rich violin-collector Enrico Forlani, and a trail that winds back to a mysterious musical past – and a far from harmonious future. Retracing Rainaldi’s steps, the two men find themselves involved in a sequence of startling events
--
another murder, a mysterious Englishman, and an unscrupulous violin-dealer. A chain of events that careers across Italy and England as they become players in a game where musical instruments change hands for millions, forgery is an art form, and the preferred method of negotiation is murder. Accompanied by two centuries of myth, music, and mystery, The Rainaldi Quartet provides a fascinating glimpse into a closed world – played at a rhythm that is fast-paced, furious, and unforgettable."--Inside jacket.
Genre:
Mystery
fiction
.
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0
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Cole Harbour Public Library
Adult Mystery Fiction
FICTION ADA
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