The Iron Tongue of Midnight - Brossura

Myers, Beverle Graves

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1590586727 ISBN 13: 9781590586723

Casa editrice: Poisoned Pen Pr, 2009

Riassunto

In September of 1740, singer Tito Amato receives a curious invitation. The German composer Karl Johann Weber is rehearsing a new opera at an isolated villa nestled in the hills of the Venetian mainland. Would Tito accept the lead role? Puzzled by the air of secrecy that enshrouds the production, but attracted by a generous fee, Tito agrees. Artist Gussie Rumbolt, Tito's friend and brother-in-law, has also been summoned to paint scenes of the estate's grape harvest. The two men find the countryside awash with the golden hues of autumn, but the bucolic mood quickly turns menacing when a notorious figure from Tito's past turns up at the villa. That night, at the stroke of twelve, a soprano stumbles over a stranger who has been beaten to death with the clock pendulum. With the local constable away on a boar hunt, the midnight murderer strikes with impunity, raising terror to a fevered crescendo. Ever faithful to the ideals of truth and justice, Tito pursues his own quest for answers-a quest that leads straight into the painful secrets of his heart and beyond. The Iron Tongue of Midnight is the fourth novel in Myers' Baroque Mystery series. It follows Cruel Music.

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Corpses grow in number. Death dances with glee. All hope of sweet Spring begins to die, and even love takes on a somber hue.... Priscilla Royal grew up in British Columbia and has a degree in world literature from San Francisco State University, where she discovered the beauty of medieval literature. Until 2000, she worked for the Federal government in a variety of positions, all of which provided a wonderful education in the complexity of human experience and motivation. She now lives and writes in Northern California. Justice for the Damned is the fourth novel in her medieval mystery series, following Wine of Violence, Tyrant of the Mind, and Sorrow Without End.

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Book by Myers Beverle Graves

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• Editore: Poisoned Pen Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1590586727
• ISBN 13: 9781590586723
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 303