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Also by Larry Karp:

A Perilous Conception, December 2011
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The Ragtime Fool (Ragtime Mysteries), April 2010
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The King Of Ragtime, April 2010
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THE KING OF RAGTIME
By: Larry Karp

Ragtime Mysteries
Poisoned Pen Press
April 2010
On Sale: April 1, 2010
Featuring: Scott Joplin
308 pages
ISBN: 1590587014
EAN: 9781590587010
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Mystery

It’s 1916, and time’s running out for Scott Joplin. Before he dies, he wants to provide for his wife and to secure his place in musical history. He’s written a musical drama. His young piano student, Martin Niederhoffer, who works as a book-keeper at Waterson, Berlin, and Snyder Music Publishers, convinces him to try to get Irving Berlin to publish and produce the work.

The next day, Niederhoffer walks into his office and finds Joplin crouched over the blood-soaked body of a young man. He hustles his teacher away; unfortunately, the two are seen leaving the building. Nell Stark, daughter of Joplin’s first publisher, John Stark, hides Joplin and Niederhoffer from the police and calls her father in from St. Louis to help sort out the mess. After Berlin denies ever having received Joplin’s play, young Niederhoffer breaks cover and engages the services of a hit man. And just when things couldn’t get worse, Niederhoffer’s girlfriend, Birdie, is kidnapped.