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Bantam Books (1982), Mass Market Paperback
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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:When death stages a performance at Carnegie Hall, Tecumseh Fox goes backstage to catch the killer who pulled the strings. Who stole the dead man's Stradivarius�??only to send it back? And what about the deadly duet featuring a stolen Ming vase and an afternoon cocktail laced with cyanide? Throw in an accompanist who plays all the wrong notes, a jealous sister straight out of Italian opera, and a chorus of suspects with a cacophony of lies and alibis. Suddenly Fox has to step up the temp before the killer makes an encore�??a sinister sonata composed in the key of murder. Introduction by Sister Carol Anne O'Marie �??A top-flight detective story.�?��??The New York Times Book Review
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English
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LibraryThing member MrsLee
Tecumseh Fox has possibilities, but is overshadowed by Archie Goodwin.
LibraryThing member antiquary
On the whole, I much prefer Nero Wolfe (as a sleuth) to Tecumseh Fox, but this mystery, as a mystery, I think is one of Stout's better efforts and probably the best of the Fox series. It begins with a remarkably subtle indirect murder --a brilliant young violinist a precious antique violin, gives a
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disastrous performance at Carnegie Hall and shoots himself. Then it is discovered his violin had been sabotaged. Another man had fallen to his death a few months before, so there may have already been two suspicious deaths. Show Less