- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Sphere; New edition edition (Oct 3 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0751534072
- ISBN-13: 978-0751534078
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 10.2 x 2.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 222 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,930,796 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Tension that resonates like flawlessly tuned strings … complex and sumptuously pleasing.' The Guardian
Book Description
Rainaldi was a violin-maker and when he was discovered slumped over his workbench, murdered with one of his own chisels, both the police and his friends are at a loss to discover a motive. Then it comes to light that Rainaldi had believed he was on the track of an infamous Stradivari - twin to the one housed in the Asmolean Museum and subject to two hundred years of myth and rumour. With nothing else to go on his two close friends pick up the search from where he left off, and plunge headlong into a world where great musical instruments change hands for millions, where forgery is an art form and where murder is often a dealer's chosen method of negotiation.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Casual read,
By A Customer
This review is from: Sleeper (Hardcover)
The storyline for this mystery novel revolves around the current and historical violin industry - violin makers, players, dealers - primarily in Italy. The setting and the main character are well-developed. There are a few minor logic problems with aspects of the story, the most perplexing being (stop reading now if you wish) that halfway through the story, the characters become more concerned about finding a very valuable missing violin, rather than solving the murder of a close friend. This novel felt like a work-in-process and maybe even a bit rushed (did the editor read the story?). All in all a good casual read, but it won't stick with you for a long time.
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4.0 out of 5 stars (1 customer review) 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
A fascinating book,
By L. J. Roberts - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Sleeper (Hardcover)
Giovanni "Gianni" Castiglioni is a luthier--a violin maker--at whose home his friends--a policeman, Guastafeste, a priest, Father Arrigh, and a fellow luthier, Rainaldi--gather each month as an informal string quartet. After one of their sessions, a murdered Rainaldi is found in his studio by Guastafeste and Gianni. His widow tells them he was searching for The Messiah's Sister, the twin to a perfect, unplayed, priceless violin made by Stradivari. Gianni is asked by Guastafeste to help in the investigation.This book is being released in hardcover by St. Martin's as "The Rainaldi Quartet" in February 2006. No matter the title, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The character of Gianni, the supporting characters and the settings in Italy were well done. The killer, and the motive, weren't ones I anitipcated. But it was the history of violins and violin making I found fascinating. The information enhanced, rather than detracted, from the story. If this is an example of Mr. Adam's writing, I should definitely read another book by him. |
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