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Author: D. M. Quincy Publisher: Crooked Lane Books ISBN: 1643852361 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 298
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When a nobleman's mistress is gunned down on the steps of the Covent Garden opera house, brilliant adventurer Atlas Catesby discovers a sinister family connection that compels him to investigate. London, 1815. Amateur sleuth Atlas Catesby is about to discover the dark side of the bright lights. His long-awaited night at the opera with Lady Lilliana ends abruptly when a notorious courtesan is shot to death in Covent Garden. The infamous victim was the mistress of the powerful Marquess of Vessey. Atlas believes that the marquess--his former brother in law--is responsible for the long-ago death of Atlas's sister, Phoebe. Atlas seizes the opportunity to potentially avenge his sister's death. But his inquiry is complicated when Phoebe's grown son implores Atlas to help prove Vessey's innocence. Plunging into the cutthroat backstage life of the theatre community, the adventurer and the noblewoman soon discover that ruthless professional rivalries can escalate into violence, setting the stage for death in Murder at the Opera, D. M. Quincy's third riveting Atlas Catesby mystery set in Regency England.
Author: D. M. Quincy Publisher: Crooked Lane Books ISBN: 1643852361 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 298
Book Description
When a nobleman's mistress is gunned down on the steps of the Covent Garden opera house, brilliant adventurer Atlas Catesby discovers a sinister family connection that compels him to investigate. London, 1815. Amateur sleuth Atlas Catesby is about to discover the dark side of the bright lights. His long-awaited night at the opera with Lady Lilliana ends abruptly when a notorious courtesan is shot to death in Covent Garden. The infamous victim was the mistress of the powerful Marquess of Vessey. Atlas believes that the marquess--his former brother in law--is responsible for the long-ago death of Atlas's sister, Phoebe. Atlas seizes the opportunity to potentially avenge his sister's death. But his inquiry is complicated when Phoebe's grown son implores Atlas to help prove Vessey's innocence. Plunging into the cutthroat backstage life of the theatre community, the adventurer and the noblewoman soon discover that ruthless professional rivalries can escalate into violence, setting the stage for death in Murder at the Opera, D. M. Quincy's third riveting Atlas Catesby mystery set in Regency England.
Author: Helen Traubel Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc. ISBN: 146421591X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 171
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When the prompter falls dead during the second act of Richard Wagner's Die Walküre during a matinee performance at the Metropolitan Opera, as one can imagine, it causes quite a stir, especially when it is discovered that the deceased, a one time world famous Heldentenor has been poisoned. The detective assigned to the case, Lt. Quentin, finds himself immersed in the back stage drama of professional opera. His task is made more difficult when he decides that it had really been the star soprano who had been the intended victim, and not the prompter. Will he be able to solve the case before there is another Metropolitan Opera Murder?
Author: Margaret Truman Publisher: Ballantine Books ISBN: 0345478223 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 398
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Margaret Truman, who knows where all the bodies are buried inside the Beltway, has written her most thrilling novel of suspense yet. Murder at the Opera features the popular crime-fighting couple Mac Smith and his wife, Annabel Reed-Smith, as they navigate the glitz, glamour, and grime that is Washington, D.C. It ain’t over till the fat lady sings . . . but the show hasn’t even started yet when a diva is found dead. The soprano in question, a petite young Asian Canadian named Charise Lee, was scarcely a star at the Washington National Opera. But when the aspiring singer is stabbed in the heart backstage during rehearsals, she suddenly takes center stage. Georgetown law professor Mac Smith thought he’d just be carrying a rapier in Tosca as a favor for his beloved Annabel, but now they’re both being pressured by the panicked theater board to unmask a killer. Providing accompaniment will be former homicide detective, current P.I., and eternal opera fan Raymond Pawkins. Soon the Smiths find themselves dangerously improvising among an expanding cast of suspects with all sorts of scores to settle. What they uncover is an increasingly complex case reaching far beyond Washington to a dark world of informers and terror alerts in Iraq, and climaxing on a fateful night at the opera attended by none other than the President himself.
Author: Dawn Brookes Publisher: A Lady Marjorie Snellthorpe Mystery ISBN: 9781913065584 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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A night at the opera ends in murder. Lady Marjorie will need to be at her razor-sharp best to solve this one... Lady Marjorie Snellthorpe reluctantly agrees to accompany her cousin-in-law, Edna Parkinton on an organised tour, starting in Romania. Looking for rest and relaxation, things don't quite go to plan. Edna is happy to meet Horace Tyler again, and Marjorie believes she will make a new friend in Frederick Mackworth. Their peace is shattered when they meet an annoying sextet, including a petulant diva. They are all detained in Cluj-Napoca after a body is found at the end of their night at the opera. The death of one of the company raises questions about who might have wanted to kill the unpopular diva. With a plethora of suspects, Marjorie and Edna lock horns while trying to discover who was responsible. The dead woman's friends and family are more interested on continuing with their holiday than finding a killer. With each one of them harbouring secrets, Marjorie and her pensioner friends have their work cut out. Can Marjorie get to the bottom of a troubling murder without killing her cousin-in-law and ending up in a Romanian jail? Murder at the Opera House is the first full book following on from a prequel novella. This is a rollicking new series. Don't be fooled by the ages of this quartet; they mean business... If you like determined sleuths, jaw-dropping surprises, and detailed investigative work, you'll love this humorous group of pensioners.
Author: Donna Leon Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc. ISBN: 0802194133 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 217
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A conductor succumbs to cyanide at the famed Venice opera house, in the first mystery in the New York Times–bestselling, award-winning series. During intermission at the famed La Fenice opera house in Venice, Italy, a notoriously difficult and widely disliked German conductor is poisoned—and suspects abound. Guido Brunetti, a native Venetian, sets out to unravel the mystery behind the high-profile murder. To do so, he calls on his knowledge of Venice, its culture, and its dirty politics. Along the way, he finds the crime may have roots going back decades—and that revenge, corruption, and even Italian cuisine may play a role. “One of the most exquisite and subtle detective series ever.” —The Washington Post “A brilliant writer . . . an immensely likable police detective who takes every murder to heart.” —The New York Times Book Review
Author: Gladys Mitchell Publisher: Random House ISBN: 0099546841 Category : Bradley, Beatrice Lestrange (Fictitious character) Languages : en Pages : 259
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Mystery fiction. Detective and mystery stories. Hillmaston School has chosen The Mikado for their next school performance and, in recognition of her generous offer to finance the production, their meek and self-effacing arithmetic mistress is offered a key role. But when she disappears mid-way through the opening night performance and is later found dead, unconventional psychoanalyst Mrs Bradley is called in to investigate. To her surprise she soon discovers that the hapless teacher had quite a number of enemies u all with a motive for murder.
Author: Dawn Brookes Publisher: ISBN: 9781913065560 Category : Languages : en Pages :
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A night at the opera turns deadly in this humorous cozy mystery.When Lady Marjorie Snellthorpe reluctantly agrees to join her irritating cousin-in-law, Edna Parkinton on an organised tour followed by a river cruise things don't go to plan.Their party is detained in Cluj-Napoca after the body of one of their own, a difficult diva, is found on their first night in Romania. The death raises questions the police want answers to. Marjorie and Edna lock horns while trying to discover who was responsible. The rest of the guests seem more interested on continuing with their holiday than finding a killer, and a number of them have secrets they would rather remain untold. Can Marjorie get to the bottom of a troubling murder without killing her cousin-in-law and ending up in a Romanian jail?
Author: Catherine Clement Publisher: U of Minnesota Press ISBN: 9780816635269 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 228
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This was the first work to have applied a systematised feminist theory to opera. It concentrates on the stories & text of opera, that perhaps have more relevence today in a growing literature than it had when it was the "sacrilegious" pioneering work.
Author: Michael Trimble Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing ISBN: 1527575357 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 641
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An aspect of dying in opera, rarely observed or commented on, is Sudden Unexpected Death. There are many deaths in this melodramatic genre: most follow expected causes like murder, suicide, or old age. This book explores those deaths which occur without obvious natural causes. These are often central to the overall drama of the opera, representing denouements forming the epiphany of the story and the apotheosis for the audience. The book identifies 50 operas where such events occur, exploring the role of the dramatis personae, the circumstances of their dying, and specific themes that emerge. These include a preponderance of females, especially in the 19th century, who die mainly at the end of the operas, often in the context of tragedy. It charts the growing awareness in the medical sciences of the unconscious forces driving human behaviour, including liminal mental states and trances, which influenced these operas and continue to affect human behaviour to the present day. In addition, the changing philosophies that are intertwined with operatic narratives, in particular stemming from Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, are important in the book’s exegesis, as is the special role of Wagner’s compositions. This leads to the exploration of recurrent concepts such as the Liebestod, the ewig Weibliche and redemption itself.
Author: D. M. Quincy
Author: D. M. Quincy
Author: Helen Traubel
Author: Margaret Truman
Author: Dawn Brookes
Author: David Black
Author: Donna Leon
Author: Gladys Mitchell
Author: Dawn Brookes
Author: Catherine Clement
Author: Michael Trimble