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Paganini's Ghost
Paul Adam

Full of remarkable history and musical lore, PAGANINI'S GHOST will enchant music-lovers and Italianophiles alike.

sequel to THE RAINALDI QUARTET
Minotaur Books
January 2010
On Sale: January 5, 2010
Featuring: Antonio Guastafeste; Gianni Castiglione
288 pages
ISBN: 0312383851
EAN: 9780312383855
Hardcover
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Paganini – showman, womanizer, dazzling virtuoso – is one of the most charismatic characters in the history of classical music. His violin, il Cannone (the Cannon), is now kept in Genoa, Italy, where it is played only once every two years in a sold-out concert by the winner of an international competition.

This year, though, a Parisian art dealer is found dead in his hotel room the day after the concert. In his wallet is a scrap of sheet music, torn from a page that belongs to the competition’s winner. But how did the dead man get hold of it? And why?

Detective Antonio Guastafeste asks violin maker Gianni Castiglione to help him navigate the curious world of classical musicians, their priceless instruments, and the unsavory dealers who prey upon them. Together, Antonio and Gianni must unravel another mystery that has gone unanswered for over a century, one that may hold the answer to the modern-day murder.

Filled with remarkable history and musical lore, Paganini’s Ghost plays at a breathtaking tempo that will keep you reading until the very last page.

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