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Set against the vibrant backdrop of a sweltering summer at Tanglewood Music Center in Massachusetts, the novel blends suspense with the world of classical music. Newspaper owner C.B. Greenfield, proprietor of the fictional Sloan’s Ford Reporter, partners with his reporter, Maggie Rome, to investigate a murder that shakes the music community. Their amateur sleuthing amid rehearsals and performances offers a fascinating look at both the creative intensity of the center and the unexpected twists of a crime story.
First publish date: 1980
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Cozy Mystery
Authors: Lucille Kallen
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