The Case of the Orphaned Bassoonists

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Filigrane

Année de parution:
2013

ISBN-13: 9781480455191

<DIV><DIV><b>Cassandra Reilly travels to Venice to solve the mystery of a missing bassoon, and lands in the midst of an international cast of characters who all have something to hide</b></div><DIV><BR>At the Venice-based symposium on women musicians of Vivaldi&rsquo;s time, an instrument has gone missing: an antique bassoon, an invaluable family heirloom&mdash;and bassoonist Nicky Gibbons stands accused of the theft. Determined to clear her name, Nicky calls Cassandra Reilly&mdash;lesbian translator and part-time sleuth extraordinaire&mdash;and summons her to the City of Water. Fifteen scholars and musicians are attending the symposium, and each has a multitude of quirks and secrets&mdash;as well as motive to steal the bassoon. As Cassandra investigates, she immerses herself in the world of Baroque music, the tangle of personal intrigues at the symposium, and a second mystery involving the orphaned bassoonists of eighteenth-century Venice.</div><DIV><BR>Wry, intelligent, and atmospheric,&#160;<i>The Case of the Orphaned Bassoonists&#160;</i>is the fourth and final book in the Cassandra Reilly Mystery series, which begins with&#160;<i>Gaud&iacute; Afternoon</i>,<i>&#160;Trouble in Transylvania</i>, and&#160;<i>The Death of a Much-Travelled Woman.</i></div><DIV></div></div>