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Fifteen years ago, a murder/suicide in room 712 rocked the grand old Bellweather Hotel and the young bridesmaid who witnessed it. Now hundreds of high school musicians, including quiet bassoonist Rabbit Hatmaker and his brassy diva twin, Alice, have gathered in its cavernous, crumbling halls for the annual Statewide festival; the grown-up bridesmaid has returned to face her demons; and a snowstorm is forecast that will trap everyone on the grounds. Then one of the orchestra’s stars disappears—from room 712. Is it a prank, or has murder struck the Bellweather once again?
The search for answers entwines a hilariously eccentric cast of characters—conductors and caretakers, failures and stars, teenagers on the verge and adults trapped in memories. For everyone has come to the Bellweather with a secret, and everyone is haunted.
Full of knowing nods to the shivery pleasures of suspense and the transporting power of music, this is a wholly winning new audiobook from a writer lauded as “charming” (Los Angeles Times), “witty” (O, The Oprah Magazine), and “whimsical” (People).
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Bellweather Rhapsody is funny and exuberant, twisty and captivating. Racculia tells the truth here, about art and life and the many trajectories that talent can take. She's also written the most resonant descriptions of music--how it really works in the head and the heart--that I've ever read. For its darkness and its glee, I loved this novel. --Robin Sloan, author of Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore Witty and smartly moving, Kate Racculia's Bellweather Rhapsody offers a heart-thumping mystery of music and murder, wherein the past repeats itself, and in doing so becomes malleable again: just as an orchestral score can be rearranged to new effect, so an unsolved crime sometimes returns to shock and surprise anew--and in both cases the outcomes are as unpredictable as they are suspenseful. --Matt Bell, author of In the House upon the Dirt between the Lake and the Woods. This rich brew of a novel from Racculia (This Must Be the Place)mixes together murder, music, and eccentric humor. In 1982, in Clinton's Kill, N.Y., a new bride murdered her husband, then killed herself, shortly after checking into Room 712 of the Bellweather Hotel. In 1997, high school drama queen Alice Hatmaker checks into the same room to perform at the statewide music festival, along with her talented twin brother, Rabbit. Alice's roommate is virtuoso flautist Jill Faccelli, whose overbearing mother, Viola Fabian, runs the festival. As a snow storm looms, Alice finds Jill hanged in one of the rooms. But when she returns with help, the body is missing, replaced by a note reading, NOW SHE IS MINE. Only Minnie Graves, who witnessed the original murder-suicide when she was 10 and has returned to the hotel as a young woman to confront her demons, believes Alice's story. Together, she and Alice try to find out what happened to Jill. Racculia thus sets the stage for a novel of dueling wills, marked by textured characterization and an ebullient storytelling style. --Publishers Weekly
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Bellweather Rhapsody is funny and exuberant, twisty and captivating. Racculia tells the truth here, about art and life and the many trajectories that talent can take. She s also written the most resonant descriptions of music how it really works in the head and the heart that I ve ever read. For its darkness and its glee, I love this novel. Robin Sloan, author of Mr. Penumbra s 24-Hour Bookstore
This rich brew of a novel mixes together murder, music, and eccentric humor. In 1982, in Clinton s Kill, N.Y., a new bride murdered her husband, then killed herself, shortly after checking into room 712 of the Bellweather Hotel. In 1997, high school drama queen Alice Hatmaker checks into the same room to perform at the Statewide music festival, along with her talented twin brother, Rabbit. Alice s roommate is virtuoso flautist Jill Faccelli, whose overbearing mother runs the festival. As a snowstorm looms, Alice finds Jill hanged in one of the rooms. But when she returns with help, the body is missing, replaced by a note reading, NOW SHE IS MINE . . . Racculia thus sets the stage for a novel of dueling wills, marked by textured characterization and an ebullient storytelling style. Publishers Weekly, starred review
Witty and smartly moving, Kate Racculia s Bellweather Rhapsody offers a heart-thumping mystery of music and murder, wherein the past repeats itself, and in doing so becomes malleable again: just as an orchestral score can be rearranged to new effect, so an unsolved crime sometimes returns to shock and surprise anew and in both cases the outcomes are as unpredictable as they are suspenseful. Matt Bell, author of In the House upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods
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