Cruel Music

Beverle Myers

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Poisoned Pen Press
31 May 2012

Historical mysteries

Series: Tito Amato Series

Can Tito stop the killer and affect the election before Pope Clement takes his last breath?

Tito Amato returns from an operatic tour expecting to relax with his family. Instead he finds his merchant brother Alessandro imprisoned on a trumped-up smuggling charge, a capital crime in 1740 Venice. The senator who controls Alessandro's fate is determined to have a Venetian as the next pope. He forces Tito to Rome to sing at the villa of a powerful, music-loving cardinal who will control the coming papal election.

Spying as he serenades Cardinal Fabiani and his guests, Tito peers into the dark mirror of Roman politics. Pope Clement XII is sinking fast, and two candidates emerge as leading contenders for St. Peter's throne. Will Fabiani support the highborn Venetian whose secret passion is tinkering with electrical experiments? Or the humble cardinal with the gift of healing and a mysterious past?

The discovery of a beautiful corpse in Fabiani's garden complicates Tito's mission. Fabiani believes that a member of his household killed the young maid in a fit of madness, but Tito follows clues that indicate a more complex motive, assisted by his irrepressible manservant Benito and Englishman Gussie Rumbolt. From the heights of the Janiculum Hill to the muddy waters of the Tiber, from a cozy Trastevere cookshop to the chilly corridors of the Quirinal Palace, the trio wrestles with events that could change the course of history. Can Tito stop the killer and affect the election before Pope Clement takes his last breath? Or will Alessandro face the scaffold?

By: Beverle Myers
Imprint: Poisoned Pen Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 401g
ISBN: 9781464200359
ISBN 10: 1464200351
Series: Tito Amato Series
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 31 May 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Beverle Graves Myers is the author of the Baroque Mystery series featuring Tito Amato. Her novels and short stories have earned nominations for the Macavity, Derringer, and Kentucky Literary Awards. A retired psychiatrist, Bev is also a lifelong opera lover and avid traveler. She lives in Louisville, Kentucky with her husband, Lawrence.

Reviews for Cruel Music

Myers sets the stage beautifully, and her Tito Amato is an endearingly sympathetic character whose company should be enjoyed for many more performances. - -Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine a lush yet sinister atmosphere...a rich, full story even non-mystery-reading opera lovers will respond to. -- Booklist Let the sounds of Gluck and Vivaldi play in your head as you sift through a libretto that inclused murder and other unnatural practices. -- Chicago Tribune

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