The Schumann Proof (Rendezvous Crime) - Softcover

Schaffter, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1894917065 ISBN 13: 9781894917063

Publisher: Napoleon and Co, 2004

Synopsis

Vikkan Lantry, a pianist with more talent than ambition, is content with his job at an upscale cocktail lounge until a request from reclusive soprano, Ulrike Vogel, draws him grudgingly back into the world of classical music. Ulrike’s mysterious past, and her friendship with elderly Viennese piano teacher, Dieter Mann, usher Vikkan into an intrigue that begins in the nineteenth century with an unknown song cycle composed by Robert Schumann, and ends in the present-day with a grisly double murder. As Vikkan probes the layers of deceit obscuring a killer’s identity, The Schumann Proof reveals itself to be a study in ambition gone awry. The theme is hardly new, but The Schumann Proof gives it a fresh slant, examining not only the devastating results of too much seeking after personal glory, but the painful consequences of too little.

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About the Author

Peter Schaffter is a musician and writer. He graduated from the University of Toronto's Faculty of Music with the BMI Scholarship for excellence in composition and the Percy Faith Award. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Edition details

• Publisher: Napoleon and Co
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1894917065
• ISBN 13: 9781894917063
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352